Okonjo iweala said she transferred $322m to Dasuki,

A former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-
Iweala, on Wednesday said she transferred
$322m from the looted funds recovered from the
former Head of State, the late Gen. Sani Abacha,
to the Office of the National Security Adviser for
military operations in the North-East.
The ex-minister, in a statement by her Media
Adviser, Mr. Paul Nwabuikwu, said the transfer of
the fund was approved after a committee, set up
by former President Goodluck Jonathan, gave
approval for the use of the fund.
She explained that based on the decision of the
committee, she personally requested that part of
the recovered fund be used for security operations
while the rest be channelled to developmental
purposes.
The minister stated that she decided to release
the amount to the ONSA following various
accusations from some quarters that she was
starving the military of funds to prosecute the
war on terrorism.
There was a report on Wednesday that the former
minister diverted N61.4bn from the Abacha loot
to the office of the former NSA, Col. Sambo
Dasuki (retd.).
Okonjo-Iweala was reported to have written a
letter to Jonathan requesting the transfer of the
fund to the NSA office.
The former finance minister had, last week, said
she had nothing to do with the $2.1bn arms
probe.
Responding to a statement by the Edo State
Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, the ex-finance
minister had said she had “absolutely nothing” to
do with the arms purchase scam.
But the statement by Nwabuikwo explained that
as captured in the memo, Okonjo-Iweala insisted
that the fund be deployed after satisfying three
conditions…