Friday, July 29, 2016
Miles abah at 8:46 AM
Obanikoro's aide narrates how
he transported N1.2bn to Fayose
in Ekiti state
An aide of former Minister for State for Defence,
Musiliu Obanikoro, Lt. Commander A. O.
Adewale, yesterday told EFCC operatives how on
the orders of Obanikoro, himself and other staff
members of Obanikoro, transported N1.2 billion
to Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose in 2014.
The N1.2 billion is part of the N4.745 billion
allegedly paid into Obanikoro’s company, Sylva
Mcnamara by the Office of the former National
Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki.
According to The Nation , Adewale said they
started the trip with the money from Obanikoro's
Parkview estate home in Ikoyi, Lagos.
"I was posted as the Flag Lieutenant to
the Hon. Minister of State for Defence
from March 2014 to September 2014.
Thereafter I proceeded to Defence
Intelligence School for my basic French
Language course from December 14 to
June 2015. As at when I was the Flag
Lieutenant to the Minister of State for
Defence, my schedule of duties was being
in charge of Very Important Personalities
(VIP) protection, organisation and
administration of the escorts and also
coordination of convoys for movement,
organisation and administration of the
escorts’ means. I am responsible to all the
security aides attached to the minister.
Security aides include the personnel from
the Army, Navy and Air Force. I detail
them on VIP protection. During my tour of
duty as the Flag. Lieutenant to the
Minister of State for Defence, I was
reporting to the Principal Staff Office,
(PSO), Navy Capt. O.O. Fadeyi.
During my period as the Flag Lieutenant
to the Hon. Minister of State Defence, the
then minister was Senator Musiliu
Obanikoro. On assumption of duty as the
Flag Lieutenant, I embarked on several
trips with the Minister to several military
and civil parastatals, some of which
included several visits to Lagos, the
Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Military
Pension Board, Air Force Base in Enugu,
also visits to Ekiti State, Port Harcout,
Bayelsa and the commissioning of the
Nigeria Navy Ship (NNS) Okpabana in the
United States. During my tour of duty, I
visited Ekiti twice with the minister. The
first was the presidential rally held in Ekiti
and the second trip was sometimes in
June 2014. The movement to Ekiti was by
air through a chartered aircraft. It is not
part of my duties to initiate movement for
the minister. Every time, the minister
informed me verbally of our intended
movement, I complied. A Gyro Air Limited
passenger manifest dated June 16, 2014
with the departure DN MM with route DN
AKR and the following passenger details,
(1) the Minister of State for Defence,
Senator Musiliu Obanikoro (2) Dr. Tunde
Oshinowo and Lt. Commander A.O.
Adewale was shown to me. I recognised
the manifest via my handwriting and my
name is also on the manifest. The flight
was organised by the minister and I was
given the contact of Mr. Jide West (the
General Manager of Gyro Air) to liaise
with". Continuing, Adewale said "On June
16, 2014, we left the house of the former
minister at Park View, Lagos to the
airport. It is pertinent to state that I did
not arrange or pay for the chartered flight
to Ekiti. I was given the number of Mr.
Jide West by the minister for liaison of
timing of takeoff. We got to the airport in
the morning of June 16, 2014. On arrival
via road from Park View at the airport, the
minister’s son, Mr. Gbolahan was at the
airport.
A private discussion held between father
and son. The minister then informed me
of the delay in the movement to Akure.
About an hour later, a bullion van pulled
into the hangar where the chartered
aircraft was parked. Shortly after, Mr.
Gbolahan ensured that some bags were
offloaded into the plane. As at when the
bullion van pulled into the airport, I was at
the waiting lounge close to where the
plane was parked. Shortly after, I boarded
the plane with the minister and his civilian
friend in person of Mr. Oshinowo as
indicated on the manifest. On arrival at
the airport, the minister had private
discussions with some of his political
friends who received him at the airport in
Akure. I was not privy to the discussions.
However, a bullion van was driven down
to the tarmac where the plane was parked.
The bags were offloaded into the bullion
van and the minister directed that we
should escort the van to a particular
Zenith Bank branch in Akure. I can recall
the exact branch. On arrival at the bank,
the bags were offloaded by the bank staff
under the supervision of a particular
civilian who was in company of the
minister at the Akure airport. I don’t know
the man personally but with facial
recognition, I can identify the man. After
offloading the bags and the civilian took
custody, the escorts thereafter proceeded
to meet the minister.”he said
Miles abah at 8:46 AM
Obanikoro's aide narrates how
he transported N1.2bn to Fayose
in Ekiti state
Musiliu Obanikoro, Lt. Commander A. O.
Adewale, yesterday told EFCC operatives how on
the orders of Obanikoro, himself and other staff
members of Obanikoro, transported N1.2 billion
to Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose in 2014.
The N1.2 billion is part of the N4.745 billion
allegedly paid into Obanikoro’s company, Sylva
Mcnamara by the Office of the former National
Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki.
According to The Nation , Adewale said they
started the trip with the money from Obanikoro's
Parkview estate home in Ikoyi, Lagos.
"I was posted as the Flag Lieutenant to
the Hon. Minister of State for Defence
from March 2014 to September 2014.
Thereafter I proceeded to Defence
Intelligence School for my basic French
Language course from December 14 to
June 2015. As at when I was the Flag
Lieutenant to the Minister of State for
Defence, my schedule of duties was being
in charge of Very Important Personalities
(VIP) protection, organisation and
administration of the escorts and also
coordination of convoys for movement,
organisation and administration of the
escorts’ means. I am responsible to all the
security aides attached to the minister.
Security aides include the personnel from
the Army, Navy and Air Force. I detail
them on VIP protection. During my tour of
duty as the Flag. Lieutenant to the
Minister of State for Defence, I was
reporting to the Principal Staff Office,
(PSO), Navy Capt. O.O. Fadeyi.
During my period as the Flag Lieutenant
to the Hon. Minister of State Defence, the
then minister was Senator Musiliu
Obanikoro. On assumption of duty as the
Flag Lieutenant, I embarked on several
trips with the Minister to several military
and civil parastatals, some of which
included several visits to Lagos, the
Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Military
Pension Board, Air Force Base in Enugu,
also visits to Ekiti State, Port Harcout,
Bayelsa and the commissioning of the
Nigeria Navy Ship (NNS) Okpabana in the
United States. During my tour of duty, I
visited Ekiti twice with the minister. The
first was the presidential rally held in Ekiti
and the second trip was sometimes in
June 2014. The movement to Ekiti was by
air through a chartered aircraft. It is not
part of my duties to initiate movement for
the minister. Every time, the minister
informed me verbally of our intended
movement, I complied. A Gyro Air Limited
passenger manifest dated June 16, 2014
with the departure DN MM with route DN
AKR and the following passenger details,
(1) the Minister of State for Defence,
Senator Musiliu Obanikoro (2) Dr. Tunde
Oshinowo and Lt. Commander A.O.
Adewale was shown to me. I recognised
the manifest via my handwriting and my
name is also on the manifest. The flight
was organised by the minister and I was
given the contact of Mr. Jide West (the
General Manager of Gyro Air) to liaise
with". Continuing, Adewale said "On June
16, 2014, we left the house of the former
minister at Park View, Lagos to the
airport. It is pertinent to state that I did
not arrange or pay for the chartered flight
to Ekiti. I was given the number of Mr.
Jide West by the minister for liaison of
timing of takeoff. We got to the airport in
the morning of June 16, 2014. On arrival
via road from Park View at the airport, the
minister’s son, Mr. Gbolahan was at the
airport.
A private discussion held between father
and son. The minister then informed me
of the delay in the movement to Akure.
About an hour later, a bullion van pulled
into the hangar where the chartered
aircraft was parked. Shortly after, Mr.
Gbolahan ensured that some bags were
offloaded into the plane. As at when the
bullion van pulled into the airport, I was at
the waiting lounge close to where the
plane was parked. Shortly after, I boarded
the plane with the minister and his civilian
friend in person of Mr. Oshinowo as
indicated on the manifest. On arrival at
the airport, the minister had private
discussions with some of his political
friends who received him at the airport in
Akure. I was not privy to the discussions.
However, a bullion van was driven down
to the tarmac where the plane was parked.
The bags were offloaded into the bullion
van and the minister directed that we
should escort the van to a particular
Zenith Bank branch in Akure. I can recall
the exact branch. On arrival at the bank,
the bags were offloaded by the bank staff
under the supervision of a particular
civilian who was in company of the
minister at the Akure airport. I don’t know
the man personally but with facial
recognition, I can identify the man. After
offloading the bags and the civilian took
custody, the escorts thereafter proceeded
to meet the minister.”he said
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