The
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has recovered N381m from Mrs. Omolara
Amosu, the wife of the immediate past Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola
Amosu.
Sources said on Saturday that the money was recovered in three
tranches: N180m, N101m and N100m.
The money was traced from the account of
the Nigeria Air Force to the bank accounts of a company in which Amosu’s wife
is a director. Amosu’s wife is a signatory to the accounts.
The source said, they have recovered N381m from Amosu’s wife, Omolara. The initial recovery was N180m from her account before another N101m, and then N100m. These were monies
transferred from Air Force accounts.
Explaining
how the money was diverted, the source added, “They (Air Force officers)
sent the money to an account where their wives have interests or are
signatories without doing anything.”
A
second source within the EFCC told said that more properties
belonging to the immediate past Chief of Accounts and Budgeting of NAF, Air
Vice Marshal J.B. Adigun, had been seized.
The
source said a property, which is a quarry located in Ogun State, had
equipment worth about $600,000. He, however, did not state the value of the
property.