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Saturday 13 August 2016

$15bn arms deals: Panel traces N2bn to five children of ex-Army Chief

The Presidential Committee on Audit of Defence Equipment Procurement (CADEP) has traced about N2billion meant for the purchase of vehicles for the Nigerian Army to the accounts of five children of a former Chief of Army Staff. The Nation reports that the report by the panel states that the children of the ex-Chief of Army Staff allegedly used two companies for the deal. Read it after the cut..

 “The committee reviewed the procurement carried out by Chok Ventures Ltd and Integrated Equipment Services Ltd, two companies that shared the same registered office, had one name as common controlling shareholder and sole or mandatory signatory to the various banks accounts of the companies. The committee further established that between March 2011 and December 2013, the two companies exclusively procured various types of Toyota and Mitsubishi vehicles worth over N2, 000,000,000.00 for the Nigerian Army without any competitive bidding. Most of the contracts awarded to the companies were also split, awarded on the same date or within a short space of time at costs and mobilization higher than the prescribed thresholds. For instance, on February 13 and 15, the two companies were awarded contracts worth N260, 000.000.00 and N315, 000,000.00 respectively for supplies of various vehicles. The Nigerian Army could not justify the exclusive selection of these vendors against other renowned distributors of same brands of vehicles procured. More seriously, the committee found no credible evidence of delivery of the vehicles by the two companies as there were no receipt vouchers, but only unauthenticated delivery notes, invoices and waybills that were purportedly used for the deliveries. Nevertheless, the vendors were fully paid based on job completion certificate authenticated by the then Chief of Logistics, Maj Gen D.D. Kitchener (rtd). The payments were also made without deduction of Withholding Tax (WHT). Furthermore, analyses of the various bank accounts of the two companies showed transfers to individuals , some of who are believed to be children of the army chief. Thus, the committee recommends further investigation to determine delivery of the vehicles and relationship of funds beneficiaries with the former COAS and the two companies. Furthermore, the panel said that Lt Gen O. A. Ihejirika (rtd), Maj Gen D. D. Kitchener (rtd), Col A. M. Inuwa and Mr Chinedu Onyekwere should be held accountable for the issues arising out of the contracts.”
The panel during its findings discovered that contracts in the Nigerian Army were awarded without due process. It said a company was registered on November 17, 2014 and awarded $125,179,299.10 on the same day.
“The Nigerian Army, between April and August 2014, entered into four contract agreements with Societe D’Equipmenteux Internationale  (SEI Nig Ltd)  for procurement of Cobra Armoured Personnel Carriers, Shilka Self-Propelled Artillery Guns, Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFVs) as well as various ammunition and spares funded by the ONSA. The contracts for the Cobra APCs and Shilka Guns were not executed as they were not funded. However, the costs for procurement of the AFVs; ammunition and spares were $398,550,000.00 and $484,765,000.00 respectively totalling $883,315,000.00. In November 2014, the ONSA awarded contract to Conella Services Limited for procurement of 72 various arms and ammunition that included MRAP vehicles, Mi-17 helicopter at the cost of $125,179,299.10. The committee observed that the company was registered in Nigeria on 17 November, 2014 and awarded the contract on the same date, while the EUC for the procurement was issued a day later on 18 November, 2014. Furthermore, the ONSA paid $36,996,530.00 and N2,209,582,296.00 to the vendor between November 2014 and 15 April, 2015.
 However, the Nigerian Army denied receipt of any procurement from Conella Services Ltd.
“Similarly, the committee tried in vain to reach officials of the company to confirm execution of the contract. There is, therefore, the need for further investigation of Conella Services Ltd. The committee observed that SEI and its two associated companies, APC Axial Ltd and HK-Sawki Nig Ltd, were incorporated in May 2014 with two Nigerien brothers, Hima Aboubakar and Ousmane Hima Massy as the only directors.  Between May 2014 and March 2015, the ONSA mandated CBN to release various sums totaling $386,954,000.00 to SEI and the two associated companies for ‘procurement of technical equipment’, without tying the money to particular items of procurement. Thus, the allotment of the funds was left at the discretion of the vendor without input or consultation with ONSA or the Nigerian Army. Furthermore, some of the funds transferred preceded the formalization of SEI contracts with the Nigerian Army. There was also no evidence of any contract to justify the payments made by ONSA to the SEI associate companies. Consequently, it had been difficult for the ONSA, the Nigerian Army and SEI to reconcile the accounts vis-a-vis the equipment delivered.”
The panel also uncovered that 42 units of Armoured Personnel Carrier(APC) which were rejected by Iraq were later sold to Nigeria to fight Boko Haram insurgents. It claimed that some of the APCs were either expired or unsuitable leading to loss of lives.
“The committee observed that one of the new equipment SEI procured for the Nigerian Army from Ukraine was BTR-4E APC.”
However, according to the Ukraine’s state enterprise, Lviv Armour Repair Plant, the designers of the equipment, “some of the products sold to Nigeria in 2014 were actually among 42 units designed for Iraq which subsequently rejected them due to poor performance rating”.
“The Nigerian Army did not also undertake the mandatory pre-shipment inspections provided for in the contract agreements. Instead, the NA deployed an infantry officer, who lacked the technical knowledge to assess the capabilities and shortcomings of the equipment, to oversee the shipment of the items for the Nigerian Army from Ukraine. Additionally, the two-week training availed the technicians and operators was inadequate for them to comprehend the technical workings of the newly introduced equipment. The committee’s interactions with the field operators revealed that although the platforms and ammunition procured by SEI were deployed for the NE operations, some of them were aged or expired, lacked spares and prone to breakdown without immediate recovery equipment. Therefore, failure to carry out pre-shipment inspection and inadequate training resulted in procurement of some unreliable equipment that reduced the capacity of the Nigerian Army in the North East operations and resulted in the loss of lives and equipment.”

54 comments:

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Thieves everywhere! They should be thoroughly prosecuted

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Unknown said...

Criminals..before Nigeria go better it wil tak Gods intervention

Unknown said...

the state at which corruption has eaten deep into our system in the nation, we need God's mercies, forgiveness and Purging

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Anonymous said...

Let them keep tracing. But i ask a question, where are all the looted funds that have been returned??
Watch this leaked video of a popular politician

LIB REP (中华人民共和国) said...

I RESERVE MY COMMENT

Unknown said...

Yes... the war against corruption in Naija is really getting interesting... hmmm... we'll see how it unfolds

Unknown said...

God at work

Anonymous said...

This 15 billion dollars no dey finish? This administration for sure no get work.

We are bored already. Fix the economy. Fight against 'past' corruption should be least in the list now. They should be buried inside how to fix this economy.

Bubu i dey pity u oo. The thunder that will come from Nigerians on u soon is still doing press up. Hunger no sabi tribe oo. Anyway I trust you brothers, how useless they can be when they get over hungry.

Anonymous said...

Na govt sabi, APC and PDP are the same. No difference, the poor and ignorant nigerians are the stupid pawns who will always take sides.

Unknown said...

Choi, Naija my kwantry! Corruption has eaten into the deepest fabric of this nation, it's really a shame, is there hope for the future generations in this country at all?

Unknown said...

hmmmm
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Anonymous said...

The evil and clueless president looking for a way to nail and arrest Mr ihejirka, the former chief of Army staff. Instead of tackling Nigerias' problems, buhari is there fighting non Muslims and non hausas and Nigeria is gradually disintegrating before his eyes. Buhari stop fooling yourself because every sane Nigerian already knows what you are up to... Islamization.

Unknown said...

Dnt even know who is more corrupt btw the politicians and the millitary

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Anyone else to talk of witch hunting?

Anonymous said...

Liars, Liars,

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Anonymous said...

Funny people,funny country,funny drama. We have heard oooooooooo,but tomorrow the same accused people will come out in public and say is a lie. Which one we go believe. Mikel Obi bailed us out from shame,minister says Na lie,Samson saisai said the owed him for months. So many stories and drama in our country. May God provide for us our hand no reach government,as some of them face the karma that must behold them with all pleasure.

Unknown said...

Just negodu! Linda take note!

Unknown said...

When will corruption end in dis. country.

waxxy said...

Their family will not know peace until they refund all the money.. People are suffering

Anonymous said...

And Igbo youths would come here & be defending GEJ & PDP? if end up frustrating this government from catching the ndi oshis' it is our wealth & future that is gone FOREVER!

kelechi said...

I dey laff them

Unknown said...

It is well, God dey..

Kponskii said...

I ain't got time to read this epistle. Quit envying these dudes you see in the clubs poping spade, Ciroc or Expensive champagne bottles...many of them eye no neat.

Unknown said...

Jst negodi..... After the kids will come to IG to flaunt wealth....... Satan will punish them all, young and old... Mama and papa.. All the people that has hands in this suffering Nigeria is facing now will die a painful death....











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jovultus said...

Nna nmuwan a ota ochichi ana a chi anyi na 9ja again.

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God please give these leaders a little conscience of humanity.

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Unknown said...

Still on the matter

Unknown said...

Lobatan!

Anonymous said...

Buhari we are tired of hearing this same silly story, where are all the ones you claim to have recovered? Please stop fighting a cold religious and ethnic war with your percived enemies. Fixing Nigeria is all that is needed but it's obvious that you are incompetent... Fool.

Unknown said...

After all these report what next...#onMYway....

Adeiza said...

I still say this again and again, this corruption fight will not be completed if Jonathan does not end up in Kuje or kirikiri prison

Nunulicious said...

The blood of the innocent people who died are crying for justice. Justice Lord. Justice. JUSTICE from the judiciary. Justice!

ING said...

In Abuja on Saturday, 10th December 2014 President Goodluck Jonathan said.the following: The choice before Nigerians in the coming elections is simple: A choice between going forward or going backwards, between the old ways and the new ways; between freedom and repression (Tyranny); between a record of visible achievements and beneficial reforms and desperate power-seekers with empty promises.

The Buharists and the “lying liars” are blinded by their hate for Jonathan. It is so bad that if their wives were made pregnant by another man they would say that it was Jonathan that was responsible. Yet their record of governance is clear and there for all to see.

As a candidate, Buhari appeared to recognize that revamping the economy had to be a priority. He made it a go-to talking point. He hammered on it at the hustings, always checking it off with the promise to fight corruption and arrest insecurity.

But in his earliest days in office, the economy was the last thing on his mind. The leisure of globe trotting was first. And he started to work his planes as soon as possible.

When Nigerians, alarmed that the intoxication of power may have made Buhari frivolous, asked him to sit down and work, he plagiarized Obasanjo: My world tour is a necessary charm offensive. Nigeria is a pariah state. I am traveling to reconcile Nigeria with the world

While he lived in the air, Buhari left Nigeria without direction and without a cabinet. He took six months purporting to look for the beautiful ones. Even in a fiction, that’s too long a period to run an amorphous government after a disruptive election that saw an opposition candidate win.

Naturally, that eternity of vacuum was filled with speculations and rumors. The market place was paralyzed. Investors and businessmen got edgy, confused and afraid. Because they were made to hedge their bets and wait forever for the new administration enunciate its economic policy, some took their capital elsewhere. The financial system reacted. And an epidemic of job losses began.

After one year and few months of this administration inefficiency and misconduct instead of Buhari and APC to accept their failure they are busy lying to Nigerians and think that by putting blames on Goodluck Jonathan regime and PDP will cover up the facts on ground for the interest of their party.

Let us call a spade a spade Nigerians because Bubari and APC are killing this nation with their clueless and visionless then taking us for granted.





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Anonymous said...

You are a moron for calling out GEJ AGAIN....the Nigerian army is not even PDP or APC drama....this same procurement,delivery and money moving scam happens everywhere in Nigeria and a higher level of it is d budget padding exercise which is almost getting sweeped under the mat now,even d culprit is boasting freely on national TV's how we are ignorant of d constitution on padding,even d President has nothing to say and EFCC don't even see it as a case..every single company does this shit..investigate whoever without making it a political downgrading move on GEJ or PDP again to divert your 100% incompetence and poor performance in d media

Anonymous said...

You are a moron for calling out GEJ AGAIN....the Nigerian army is not even PDP or APC drama....this same procurement,delivery and money moving scam happens everywhere in Nigeria and a higher level of it is d budget padding exercise which is almost getting sweeped under the mat now,even d culprit is boasting freely on national TV's how we are ignorant of d constitution on padding,even d President has nothing to say and EFCC don't even see it as a case..every single company does this shit..investigate whoever without making it a political downgrading move on GEJ or PDP again to divert your 100% incompetence and poor performance in d media

Anonymous said...

You are a moron for calling out GEJ AGAIN....the Nigerian army is not even PDP or APC drama....this same procurement,delivery and money moving scam happens everywhere in Nigeria and a higher level of it is d budget padding exercise which is almost getting sweeped under the mat now,even d culprit is boasting freely on national TV's how we are ignorant of d constitution on padding,even d President has nothing to say and EFCC don't even see it as a case..every single company does this shit..investigate whoever without making it a political downgrading move on GEJ or PDP again to divert your 100% incompetence and poor performance in d media

Unknown said...

Is there anyone who can tell me if there is bank in heaven or can someone take money to heaven or to enter there? Some people are mad and selfish..See Degit oooo and solders are dying because of sorfisticated weapons

Anonymous said...

every coin has two sides but with apc it seems every coin has three sides including the middle.
I hope buhari realises that this country is going down if he really wants to tackle corruption he should start with himself and the extravagent lifestyle of him and his family,then go and start from his tenure as minister of petroleum

Unknown said...

Corruption is fighting us

FRESH said...

It's inside his pocket.Go & collect it by force. Very silly person you are,clearly.

Anonymous said...

So, does it mean they can arrest children of looters too????

Unknown said...

Is this the only thing that this govt came to do, everyday new stories that is leading us to no where may I ask all the money gotten where are they

Unknown said...

Wen will Nigeria ever be corruption-free? I look forward to dat day

Rex said...

Why are they after Ihejirika now? what of the case of the current Chief of army staff and the speaker Dogara. Buhari government is basically corrupt

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