The Director of Defence Information, Brig. Gen. Rabe Abubakar, told journalists on Monday that the military would release any of its indicted personnel in the ongoing arms sale scam to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for prosecution.
The EFCC reportedly called off a planned operation to arraign some of the senior military staff indicted in the fraud.
An operative of the commission stated that the police officers and their civilian counterparts had been put on reserve for the current move to get the listed military men for questioning.
When contacted, the Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said, “I am not aware of what you are talking about. I don’t know what you are talking about.”
But asked whether the military would release indicted military personnel to the EFCC for investigation and possible prosecution in the ongoing arms purchase scam, the Defence spokesperson said the DHQ would cooperate with the EFCC on the matter.
He said that the military would be in support of any effort that would ensure a corruption-free society.
Abubakar stressed that the military would be ready to hand over any indicted personnel for probe whenever such a request was made.
He said, “The military’s position is that we are in support of the ongoing campaign against corruption in this country. Corruption is a disease which retards national development, national prosperity and national security.”
It was also learnt on Monday that the EFCC might have extended its investigations into the activities of immediate-past Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Mr. Abdulahi Dikko, to some seniors officers, who served under him.
