Panel Clears Oritsejafor, Asari Dokubo Over $9.3m Arms Deal

President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, and former Niger Delta militants leader, Alhaji Mujahideen Asari-Dokubo, have both been cleared by a secret panel set-up by the Federal Government of Nigeria to investigate their involvement in the $9.3 million arms deal.

This was announced in a statement by PRNigeria, a media outfit with close sources in the security agencies.

The statement reads:

“A special team, comprising security agents, intelligence experts and officials of the ministry of foreign affairs has investigated the $9.3 million 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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