21 people benefited from Dasukigate, reveals Lai Mohammed

Twenty-one people benefited from the arms funds allegedly diverted and disbursed by Sambo Dasuki, former national security adviser (NSA), the federal government disclosed on Friday.

Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, made the disclosure at a meeting with online media publishers in Lagos.

 Giving an analysis of the number of those who benefitted from the funds allegedly collected from the office of the national security adviser (ONSA) and funds allocated for the 2015 zonal Intervention projects, he said:



“The amount received by 21 individuals and companies from ONSA is more than the 2015 zonal intervention project budget by N2.829bn.

 “Whereas the sum of N51.829bn was appropriated for 1,278 projects in the zonal intervention projects for 2015, a total of 21 individuals and companies benefited from the Dasukigate to the tune of N54.659bn as we know so far.

“The implication, therefore, is that the amount received by 21 individuals and companies is more than the 2015 zonal intervention project budget by N2.829bn.

“Furthermore, the value of what beneficiaries of Dasukigate contributed to development is zero, compared to how the lives of Nigerians would have been transformed, poverty reduced and livelihoods improved by the zonal intervention projects which would have cost N2.829bn less than Dasukigate.”