The immediate National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki has denied ever receiving any formal or informal invitation to appear before an Investigative Panel on the Procurement of hardware and munitions in the armed forces.
Ex-NSA Dasuki, who is responding to a statement that President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered for his arrest over arms deal, told PRNigeria that: “I have never been invited formally or informally to appear before the panel. I am therefore not only surprised but embarrassed by seeming indictment by the panel purportedly operating from Office of the National Security Adviser that never contacted me.
“For the record I am proud to serve my nation with the best of intention and ensuring the recovery of more than 22 local government councils from Boko Haram terrorists.
“Because of the pride on how we tackled terrorism and defeated Boko Haram terrorists through our gallant troops and partners in the twilight of the previous administration, that is the reason I have insisted on open and public trial of my stewardship rather than secret trial in the court as being canvassed by my prosecutors.”
“I wish Nigerians will go back and reflect on what we did with even little or no supports from some countries, we performed miracles before the emergence of this administration. I even though the committee was to investigate procurement from 2007 to 2015. Yet only my name is always being mentioned even when some of the issues were before I came into the government.
“I left Nigerians to judge”
NOTE FROM THE ARCHIVE:
Please go to the archive or check previous Press Release like this one by Defence Headquarters in March 16, 2015 on the gallantry of Nigerian troops in the previous administration.
DEFENCE HEADQUARTERS
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
P M B 309
GARKI – ABUJA
DHQ/ABJ/901/32/DDI 16 March 2015
PRESS RELEASE
TROOPS FINALLY ROUT TERRORISTS FROM BAMA AND LAST STRONGHOLD IN YOBE
Troops this afternoon finally succeeded in routing terrorists from Bama in Borno state. The mission which was accomplished with massive casualty inflicted on the terrorists before the remnant finally fled the town lasted days of careful manouvre and efforts to scale series of obstacles and land mines planted by terrorists who have occupied the town for months. The Chadian partners in the Multinational Joint Task Force have been mandated to undertake a pursuit of the terrorists who are believed to be heading for the borders after being dislodged from Bama.
Nigerian troops are continuing with cordon and search of the town and surrounding. Arms and ammunition are being recovered as troops conduct aggressive patrol of the entire vicinity on the looking out for any terrorists who might be stranded or trying to operate elsewhere in the area.
In a related development, Goniri, the last major stronghold of the terrorists operating in Yobe state was this morning taken over completely by troops after days of manouvre. Cordon and search is continuing in and around Goniri town which is in same LGA with Buni Yadi where a bomb making facility was discovered in the course of cordon and search recently.
This completes the clearing of Gujba Local Government Area (LGA), one of the two LGA occupied by the terrorists in Yobe state. The other Local Government, Gulani, was finally cleared earlier in the month. This makes Yobe the second to be successfully cleared among the three state slated for the mission to dislodge terrorists bases.
The comprehensive offensive aimed at clearing the terrorists from all parts of the mission area is continuing with coordinated air strikes on identified terrorists hideouts and enclaves along with ground assaults.
Director Defence Information
March 16, 2015
