President Muhammadu Buhari's driver was recently detained by the Department of State Services after tricking his principal to sign a fraudulent document to make millions of naira, SaharaReporters has learnt.The driver in question was identified as Staff Sergeant Sa'idu Afaka.
A source in the Presidency told SaharaReporters how the driver capitalised on Buhari dementia to perpetrate the fraud. Though the details of the deal are still sketchy, SaharaReporters learnt that the whole affair was hushed up by the Presidency, which did not want another scandal in the press.
"The fraud was perpetrated a few weeks in the past however it become form of hushed up in order that it might now not leak to the clicking," the supply stated. SaharaReporters further amassed that it is commonly recognized in the President's circle and amongst his cabinet contributors that Buhari has been displaying a few signs inclusive of forgetfulness, restricted social abilties and impaired wondering abilities.
Therefore, he does not undergo the rigours of analyzing reviews or properly vetting documents as required of his office. It was learnt that the President's former Aide De Camp, who these days left, said the deal to the DSS as he was no longer carried alongside inside the deal.
"The driver made the President to sign a fraudulent document. The man is the principle driver of the President. He got the President to sign a record from which he made hundreds of thousands of naira, capitalising on Buhari’s dementia.
"He turned into sooner or later arrested by means of the DSS and detained for numerous days. The ADC to the President who these days left pronounced the deal to the DSS after locating out that he became sidestepped in the deal," the supply brought.
Ironically, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) in 2017 promised to praise Afaka, who had reportedly lower back a few misplaced gadgets during the 2016 Hajj in Saudi Arabia.NAHCON stated Afaka determined and back to the fee a bag containing four hundred bucks, N60,370 and 149 Saudi Riyals and a cell phone belonging to Adamu Umar, a Niger State pilgrim.
However, this is not the first time a scandal along with this would be experienced in Aso Villa. A comparable scandal was skilled in Aso Villa in 2018 when the First Lady, Aisha, ensured the arrest of her Aide De Camp, whom she accused of defrauding her.She had alleged that Sani Baba-Inna, a chief superintendent of police, received big donations to the tune of N2. 5 billion from politicians and business humans on her behalf after which saved the cash to himself.
Following her allegation, the then Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, ordered the arrest of Baba-Inna and forced him to return the money.
Eventually, the police could not set up that Baba-Inna dedicated the crime and an angry Aisha requested the DSS to take over the case, believing the police government had been seeking to defend one of their personal
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