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1. Bureau de Change, Governors, others involved in stolen millions by soldiers
On-going investigations into the circumstances in which 5 soldiers on a VIP escort duty vamoosed with millions of naira between Sokoto & Kaduna state have revealed a new twist into the messy scandal.
On-going investigations into the circumstances in which 5 soldiers on a VIP escort duty vamoosed with millions of naira between Sokoto & Kaduna state have revealed a new twist into the messy scandal.
2. High ranking military sources familiar with the findings of the probe panel investigating the incident told said that, confessional statements of Major General Hakeem Oladapo Otiki, the General Officer Commanding, GOC of the Nigerian Army 8 Division in Sokoto, who is at the
3. centre of the scandal showed that the stolen money was neither his nor of the Nigerian Army but that of some VIP friends of a Northwest state governor, who personally approached the GOC to help provide security escort for his guests going to Kaduna.
4. Otiki has since been replaced by Major General Ogunlade as the GOC 8 Division. Leader of the three-man VIP friends of the governor has been identified as Alhaji Aliyu Ado, owner of Habibulah Bureau de Change, (RC 666-411) by Hamdala Hotel, Kaduna.
5. The Defence Headquarters had on Tuesday (23/07/2019) confirmed commencement of investigation into the circumstances surrounding the stealing of the millions of naira by the fleeing soldiers on July 11. “Investigation is underway to find out what happened and how it happened,"
6. Onyema Nwachukwu, an Army Colonel and Defence spokesperson, said at a press briefing on Tuesday. He said details of the inquiry would be made public upon conclusion, even as he declined to say how long this would be.
