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Brigadier General Lawal Jafaru Isa was Military Administrator of Kaduna State from December 1993 to August 1996 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.
Isa is the first chieftain of the APC arrested by the EFCC since the beginning of a probe into the alleged diversion of $2.1 billion meant for arms purchase by officials of the immediate-past administration.
Jafaru Isa, a former governor is a close friend of the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki. He is also a close political associate of President Muhammadu Buhari, was arrested at his Abuja residence located at Ajayi Crowther street, Asokoro.
According to Premium Times, operatives of the anti-graft commission invaded his residence around 9pm, and then took him away a few minutes later.
It is gathered that the retired brigadier general, was invited last week to appear before the commission on Wednesday, January 6,to clear the air on “some questionable receipts” from the former NSA.
Rather than honouring the invitation, sources said, Mr. Isa wrote a letter to the EFCC through his lawyer, seeking a postponement of his appearance date on the grounds of death of a relative.
Apparently dissatisfied with his excuse, the EFCC however arrested him to clarify the “questionable receipts”.
Investigators believe the retired soldier, Lawal Jafaru Isa received over N100million from Mr. Dasuki.
Isa is the first chieftain of the APC arrested by the EFCC since the beginning of a probe into the alleged diversion of $2.1 billion meant for arms purchase by officials of the immediate-past administration.
Jafaru Isa, a former governor is a close friend of the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki. He is also a close political associate of President Muhammadu Buhari, was arrested at his Abuja residence located at Ajayi Crowther street, Asokoro.
According to Premium Times, operatives of the anti-graft commission invaded his residence around 9pm, and then took him away a few minutes later.
It is gathered that the retired brigadier general, was invited last week to appear before the commission on Wednesday, January 6,to clear the air on “some questionable receipts” from the former NSA.
Rather than honouring the invitation, sources said, Mr. Isa wrote a letter to the EFCC through his lawyer, seeking a postponement of his appearance date on the grounds of death of a relative.
Apparently dissatisfied with his excuse, the EFCC however arrested him to clarify the “questionable receipts”.
Investigators believe the retired soldier, Lawal Jafaru Isa received over N100million from Mr. Dasuki.
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