Tension in Villa as Buhari rejects NSA Dasuki's resignation letter
- nationalpilot
- Jul 9, 2015
- 2 min read
President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly rejected the resignation letter of the National Security Adviser, Col. Sabo Dasuki, on the grounds that he has to account for funds received under his tenure running into billions of dollars.
According to Per Second News, the NSA’s plan to throw in the towel about a week ago met a brick wall as he was instructed to do a thorough financial house keeping.
A credible source in the know disclosed that Buhari sternly told him that the resignation letter was ‘unacceptable’.
The medium reported that the NSA had written a resignation to the President recently requesting to voluntarily step down as the country's national security adviser.
The credible Presidency source revealed that Buhari’s refusal to accept the resignation was prompted by investigation showing that huge sums of money are being unaccounted for due to improper filing of contracts papers under Sabo.
The unaccounted funds poses a “significant financial risk and demonstrates a lack of internal control over the NSA’s contract actions'', according to the source.
The source continued: “More than $50 billion in which contract files were incomplete or could not be located at all.”
Investigations by the medium revealed that billions of dollars were funneled into a secret account known only to the NSA by a former accountant general of the federation, Jonah Otunla, and the Director of Finance, DFA in the Special Services Office.
It was gathered that the trio were the only ones with access to the account through which several transactions and deals were done without passing through the normal channel and due process.
According to another source, the outgone accountant-general of the federation was lured with N500m to create that account unknown to the establishment through which they circulate the funds.
“This is part of the mess Sabo has been instructed to clear before his resignation can be accepted by the President, the source said.
“He has been given back the letter. Col. Sabo Dasuki is still the NSA and if indeed he is serious about resigning, then let him write another fresh letter after a proper financial accountability has been been submitted, said a Presidency source.
The paper alleged that the Presidency has received some petitions of alleged impropriety, warning that there was "something rotten" in the NSA’s office.
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