The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission now even has more damning evidence against former Minister of
state for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro over the air-lifting of
N1.29billion of stolen state money to aid the election of Governor
Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State.
According to a report today, the
anti-graft agency has now gotten hold of a video tape, showing how
Obanikoro and his aides loaded a chartered aircraft with the money and
how they even broke the Lagos airport security gate.
The cash was
transferred through HS125-800 5N-BMT belonging to Gyro Air Limited. The
former minister paid $25,000 for the air-lifting.
The first flight was filled with N724.5million cash to the extent that there was no seat for any crew member or the ex-Minister.
It
was during the second flight with N494.990m that Obanikoro, his
Aide-de-Camp, Lieutenant Colonel A.O Adewale, and crew member joined the
trip to Akure Airport.
The Nation reported that the ex-Minister,
using soldiers, had broken through the security gate at the airport in
Lagos to move a bullion van to the apron of the chartered wing to
off-load the cash.
The N1.29billion was part of the money stolen
by the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, from the lot
voted for the buying of arms to prosecute the war against Boko Haram.
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