Today.ng reports that Sheikh Muhydeen Ajani Bello, the national missioner of Ansar-Ud-Deen Society of Nigeria, said a list of religious clerics who benefitted from the $2.1million arms deal will soon be made public by the federal government. Speaking at the weekend during the 2016 annual Ramadan lecture and special prayer for the nation, organised by the AUD in Abuja, Bello regretted that some Muslims were major actors in the arms deal.
He said it was not the way of Islam, adding that the current administration led by President Muhammdu Buhari would not hesitate to deal with anyone guilty of stealing the nation’s wealth. Bello said:
“Remember when you will return to Allah and give account of your deeds. For you, the clerics who also took from the arms fund, your game is up. The list of those clerics will soon be made public. It has been compiled and will soon be made public.
This is a blind government and anybody caught this time around will be severely dealt with. “You were born unclad without riches, fame and position. He, almighty Allah only chose to bestow all these privileges upon you, so that you could assist others. Let us all return to God.”
Earlier, Alhaji Yusuf Adebayo Ibrahim, the national vice chairman of the society, said these were challenging times for the nation but the challenges will surely come to pass. The occasion was attended by Prof. Jubri Aminu, former minister of petroleum resources; Gen. Abdullah Mohammed, former national security adviser; wife of the Nasarawa state governor, Hajia Mairo Al-Makura who represented wife of the president, Hajia Aisha Buhari; Hajia Muinat Bola Sagaya and others.
Sambo Dasuki, the former national security adviser, is currently being probed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over allegations of money laundering and illegal possession of firearms. He is standing trial in three different courts for diverting $2.1 billion slated for arms procurement. Since his arrest, over 30 prominent Nigerians who served under the immediate past administration of Goodluck Jonathan, have being arrested and are under investigation for their alleged involvement in the deal.
Some of those accused of partaking in the arms deal are Attahiru Bafarawa, former governor of Sokoto state; Bashir Yuguda, former minister of state for finance, AIT Chairman Raymond Dokpesi and others. Bafarawa is believed to have been mobilised from the fund, to hire some clerics to pray for Jonathan’s success in the 2015 elections.