Former Nigeria Minister of State for Defense and two-time gubernatorial aspirant in Lagos, Musiliu Obanikoro, who returned to Nigeria from the United States on Saturday, has been arrested by the EFCC. Obanikoro, also a former ambassador to Ghana, fled Nigeria in 2015 after former President Goodluck Jonathan lost his bid for re-election.
He was smuggled into Nigeria with the help of some Nigerian government officials with whom he had engaged in a negotiation to turn himself in. He had previously sworn not to return, implying he would be protected by the United States.
According to SaharaReporters he is expected to remain in detention to face interrogation over allegations of corruption relating to bribery of army officers, electoral fraud and money laundering involving some N4.7billion that was taken from the office of the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Rtd. Col. Sambo Dasuki. Mr. Dasuki is himself undergoing trial and is currently in detention.
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