A prosecution witness told the FCT High Court on Wednesday how N2.2 billion intended for election security was allegedly diverted from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) under the leadership of Sambo Dasuki.
Michael Adarikun, the first prosecution witness who is a detective with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), said the money was intended for security during states’ governorship and House of Assembly elections.
But instead of using the money for its intended purpose, ONSA led by Mr Dasuki transferred N2.2 billion to Acacia Holdings Limited, owned by a former official of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Aminu Baba-Kusa.
Since 2015, the EFCC has been prosecuting former National Security Adviser (NSA), Mr Dasuki, a retired colonel, alongside Mr Baba-Kusa on 32 counts of diversion of 33.2 billion arms and security funds entrusted to the NSA office.
They are being tried along with Mr Baba-Kusa’s companies – Acacia Holdings Limited and Reliance Referral Hospital Limited – which allegedly received part of the suspicious funds from ONSA.
The anti-graft agency re-
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