Last month, a private jet belonging to Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor carrying some people and the cash to South Africa to buy arms from the black market to facilitate Nigeria's fight against terrorist was detained by South African authorities while the money was confiscated.
As weeks followed, Niger Delta activist, Asari Dokubo was also implicated in the matter and accused of being the one who flew in the plane.
Authoritative sources, however, have now stated that neither men had anything to do with the deal.
As DailyPost reports:
“A Special Team, comprising security agents, intelligence experts and officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has investigated the $9.3m cash-for- arms deal and submitted its report to the Presidency.
“The committee confirmed that the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor had no connection with the transaction.
“It was true that the CAN President’s jet was used but we found out that it was without his knowledge. As at the time in question, the aircraft was on lease. And you may be aware that the lease trend is peculiar to private jet owners in the country.
“It is the view of the committee that Oritsejafor cannot be held liable for any shuttle made by a lease firm.
“As for the manifest of the plane, the committee also discovered that the Niger Delta activist, Mujaheedin Asari Dokubo was not among those on board the transaction aircraft. There was no mention of Dokubo in the manifest presented during the investigation.”
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