Presidency source told our reporter that the action became necessary, in order to prevent a situation where the suspects would move out the money in order to beat the law. It was gathered on Sunday that the office of the Minister of Justice and the Attorney-General of the Federation “is to work with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in carrying out the exercise in ensuring that due process is followed to the letter.” The source told the our reporter that all the bank accounts of the suspects, both personal and their companies as well, would remain frozen pending investigation and until final judgments were delivered on the cases against them by the anti-graft commission. According to the source, “it has been brought to the notice of the Federal Government, through the EFCC and other security agencies, that some of the suspects, whose huge amounts of money were traced to their bank accounts and the accounts of their companies are making massive withdrawals in such accounts, we have no option than to instruct the Ministry of Justice to take necessary steps to stop the actions. “We want to ensure that due process is followed so that people will not start shouting rule of law or fundamental human rights again. “The government is also unaware that several billions of naira and dollars were given out in cash to individuals and organisations; we will also get those involved. the EFCC and other security agencies are on the top of the situation. They have the comprehensive list of those involved with the various amounts against their names. There will be no hiding place for anybody in whatever guise,” the source further stated. Apart from the various disbursements by the office of the former NSA discovered by the EFCC and the Department of State Services, a one-time chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih, wrote to the EFCC, acknowledging the receipt of the sum of N260 million from Dasuki, out of which he reportedly gave Chief Olu Falae of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) N100 million and Senator Rashidi Ladoja of the Accord Party N100 million, while Brigadier Jafaru Isa of the APC had also refunded N100 million. Also, a one-time acting national chairman of the PDP and now the acting chairman of the BoT of the party, Dr Haliru Bello, is facing trial over N300 million he allegedly collected from the money, while the spokesman of the party, Chief Olisa Metuh, is also facing trial over N400 million he reportedly collected from the same source. Also, the founder and a one-time chairman of DAAR Communications, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, is facing trial over an alleged N2.1 billion he reportedly collected from the same source, while the publisher of Thisday Newspapers, Nduka Obaigbena, was also being investigated over N650 million he reportedly collected from Dasuki.]]>