A source in the military informed Saturday our reporter on Friday that given the large scale heist in the ongoing arms procurement scandal, Army authorities promptly moved to purge the force of elements within it allegedly involved in the scam so as not to be seen as condoning corruption. “President Buhari minced no words when he said that we all have to kill corruption before it kills Nigeria. This is a fact that everyone knows. The Nigerian Army is not left out in this war against corruption. The Army has given EFCC its best assurances that it is in support of the fight we are wagging against corruption as a people,” This, he added, was behind the Nigerian Army’s decision to hand over the 12 indicted officers to the commission for investigation, saying that EFCC had promptly moved to investigate the officers. The Army on Thursday handed 12 officers, including three Brigadier-Generals, four Colonels and one Lieutenant-Colonel, who were alleged to be involved in the $2.1billion arms scam, to the anti-corruption commission. The Nigerian Army on Thursday night, while confirming the arrest of the officers, said that those involved included three serving Major Generals, and one retired, three Brigadier-Generals, four Colonels and one Lieutenant-Colonel. According to Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, who is the acting director in charge of Army Public Relations, at the end of EFCC’s investigations, those found culpable in the arms scandal would still be tried by a military Court Martial. Our reporter gathered that some of the officers handed over to the commission were being detained at EFCC office in Abuja, while the senior ones were being held under house arrest at the Mogadishu Cantonment, also known as Abacha Barracks in Abuja. Meanwhile, Major-General A. A. Tarfa has since been named as the acting Director, Military Intelligence to replace Brigadier-General Sa’ad. Among the officers, were two former Directors of Military Intelligence (DMI), a former Commandant of the Armed Forces Resettlement Centre, Oshodi and a former Director-General, Defence Industry Cooperation of Nigeria (DICON). The Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to the immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan, Colonel Ojogbane Adegbe, who was arrested on Wednesday in Lagos and brought to Abuja and Colonel Achieze, who is the Military Assistant to former National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd), are also on the list of the arrested officers. It was further learnt that N1billion was allegedly traced to the account of a Colonel. Source; tribuneonlineng.com]]>