Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has said that Air Vice Marshall Adesola Amosu (retd.), a former Chief of Air Staff, owns two houses in the United Kingdom. The commission told the Federal High Court, Lagos that the houses were purchased with money he diverted from the Air Force’s coffers. It also said that Amosu had purchased the houses for $3 million with the help of Right Option Oil and Gas, a bureau de change company.
The EFCC claimed that this was apart from the N2.1bn, which Amosu allegedly stole from NAF and used to purchase diagnostic equipment for a hospital, Solomon Health Care Ltd., personally owned by him.
Amosu and 10 others are being tried before Justice Mohammed Idris, where they were arraigned on June 29, 2016 on 26 charges bordering on theft and money laundering. Those standing trial alongside Amosu are a former Chief of Accounts and Budgeting at the Nigerian Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Jacob Adigun; and a former Director of Finance and Budget, Air Commodore Olugbenga Gbadebo.
The EFCC alleged that the defendants diverted N22.8bn, belonging to the NAF, using a number of companies. The said companies were also joined as defendants in the charge.
Tosin Owobo, an official of the commission, told Justice Idris that Amosu had returned up to N2bn to the Federal Government. The case was adjourned till Thursday, October 5, 2017.
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