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18 Mar, 5 tweets, 3 min read
EXCLUSIVE: How @MBuhari stopped Monguno’s $2.5bn arms deal with Dubai merchants | TheCable bit.ly/38SV9em
President @MBuhari withdrew an approval for Babagana Monguno, the national security adviser (NSA), to buy arms worth $2.51 billion from UAE in 2017 because the would-be suppliers are commission agents, TheCable can report.
.@MBuhari’s withdrawal of consent came after Abba Kyari, the late chief of staff, pointed out anomalies in the contract signed by Monguno on March 27, 2017 with the International Golden Group (IGG), the Abu Dhabi-based arms suppliers.
Also, following a N14 billion mark-up in an equipment purchase contract for the police by the office of the NSA in 2019, @MBuhari directed that henceforth, only the ministry of police affairs and the ministry of defence should be involved in arms procurement.
This effectively ended the involvement of the office of NSA in the process, a development believed to have affected his relationship with the president and service chiefs.

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