The Chairman Senate Committee on Defence and Army, Senator George Sekibo, has said the committee has invited the National Security Adviser Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.) and the military top brass over the $9.3m seized by the South African government.
Sekibo said this in an interview with reporters in Abuja, on Thursday.
Those invited include, Dasuki, Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshall Alex Badeh and Chief of Army Staff, Kenneth Minimah over the alleged $9.3m arms procurement scandal.
South African authorities had on Monday arrested two Nigerians and an Israeli with $9.3m in cash, flown in a private jet from Abuja.
Sekibo said the nation's top military
commanders were expected to appear before the Senate committee on Tuesday next week to
brief members on what transpired.
He said, "I have just called the Chief of Defence Staff, National Security Adviser and the Chief of
Army Staff, I don't want to preempt issues because we have not heard details about it but they will be here on Tuesday next week."
While commenting on the just-concluded military court martial and the death sentence passed on the 12 soldiers, the chairman said he
was not surprised.
He said as soldiers the convicts were fully aware of the implication of mutiny, adding that before the judgment was passed the army carried out its investigations before the commencement of the trial.
He further explained that soldiers were trained "to kill therefore killing is not a big deal to them."
The Chairman Senate Committee on Defence and Army, Senator George Sekibo, has said the committee has invited the National Security Adviser Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.) and the military top brass over the $9.3m seized by the South African government.
Sekibo said this in an interview with reporters in Abuja, on Thursday.
Those invited include, Dasuki, Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshall Alex Badeh and Chief of Army Staff, Kenneth Minimah over the alleged $9.3m arms procurement scandal.
South African authorities had on Monday arrested two Nigerians and an Israeli with $9.3m in cash, flown in a private jet from Abuja.
Sekibo said the nation's top military
commanders were expected to appear before the Senate committee on Tuesday next week to
brief members on what transpired.
He said, "I have just called the Chief of Defence Staff, National Security Adviser and the Chief of
Army Staff, I don't want to preempt issues because we have not heard details about it but they will be here on Tuesday next week."
While commenting on the just-concluded military court martial and the death sentence passed on the 12 soldiers, the chairman said he
was not surprised.
He said as soldiers the convicts were fully aware of the implication of mutiny, adding that before the judgment was passed the army carried out its investigations before the commencement of the trial.
He further explained that soldiers were trained "to kill therefore killing is not a big deal to them."
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