EFCC raid Former VP Namadi Sambo's office in Abuja

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at the weekend carried out a raid on the Abuja office of former Vice President Namadi Sambo, action official sources said was not unconnected with the ongoing probe of the arms deal fraud.

Sambo, the number two figure in the government of former President Goodluck Jonathan, was alleged to have been a beneficiary of the looted arms fund believed to have been allocated to his office from the office of the embattled former national security adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki.

A top official of the EFCC, who craved anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the matter, said the raid took place on Saturday when officials of the EFCC raided the former VP’s office located at the Central Business District, atop the European High Commission’s Visa Processing Centre, opposite the National Defence College, Abuja.

The raid is said to be a follow-up to an earlier arrest of two of Namadi Sambo’s aides on January 11, this year, by the anti-graft commission who took them in for questioning. The source said their confession led to the raid of the ex-vice president’s office.

Inside EFCC sources said ex-VP Sambo had sometime in December 2014 received the sum of N25 million from one Destra Investment, a company owned by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national spokesman, Olisa Metuh. One of his aides, Abba Dabo, was said to have taken delivery of the money.

It was also alleged that the office of former Vice President Sambo had been on a monthly stipend of N20million from the Office of the National Security Adviser, which is usually received by his aide, Dabo.

The EFCC operatives were said to have forced their way into the office and recovered various sensitive items, including an undisclosed amount of cash.