EFCC Fixes Date For Jonathan’s Arrest as His Ally ‘Sings’ in Custody, Details

Dr Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria’s immediate past president, may be probed The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has fixed a date to arrest former president Goodluck Jonathan.

A source within the agency told Reportsafrique.com on April 4 that the ex-president may be arrested before May 29. The source hinged the revelation on the level of investigations carried out on Jonathan-led admin­istration by officials of the commission, noting that he may be arrested before President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration clocks its first year in office.

According to the source, the arrest of Azibao­la Robert, the managing director of Kakatar engineering and construction company two weeks ago was a clear indication that “we are inching close to making former president Jonathan our guest,” describing Robert as the closest kinsman of the former president.

The official described as careless, the recent remarks made by former president Olusegun Obasanjo, who berated the commission and described it as a “tooth­less bulldog”. The EFCC chief predicted: “Unfolding events in the next few weeks will actually confirm whether the EFCC has indeed become a toothless bulldog,” adding that: “We ar­rested Mr. Azibaola Robert on March 23, 2016 when he came to honour our invitation. We also arrested his wife, but she has since been granted bail.

The following day, we arrested Da­koru Atukpa, Executive Direc­tor of his company. As we speak, both men are in our custody and are helping with vital informa­tion needed to nail the former president.”

The official also disclosed that Robert and Atukpa were arrest­ed in connection to the ongoing investi­gations into $40million oil pipeline security contract, which stemmed from the ministry of petroleum, but was paid for by the office of the detained former national security ad­viser, Col. Sam­bo Dasuki (Rtd).

The source said the anti-graft agency is currently following a lead that indicates that One-Plus Nigeria lim­ited, a sister company to Kakatar, which secured the oil pipe­line security contract, may have acted as a front for Jonathan. “Even though One-Plus appeared to have success­fully executed the contract, we are interested in details of how the company executed the job, including those who got paid from the $40 million sum.

Even though we are still in­vestigating, there is sufficient suspicion that both men used One-Plus as front of the former President. The Managing Direc­tor of One-Plus has constantly maintained that the company was incorporated well before Jonathan became Vice Presi­dent, and that it wasn’t a crime to come from Otuoke,” the official said.

The official said the commission is committed to proving Obasanjo wrong by taking on some people considered to be one of the sacred cows, saying: “You know for­mer President Obasanjo has his unique way of passing his mes­sage. Before Obasanjo even de­scribed our Commission as a toothless bulldog, several per­sons accused us of shielding former President Jonathan.