Hassan Tukur, who served as principal secretary to former President Goodluck Jonathan, has been making shocking disclosures to agents of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) since he was arrested and detained last week.
Two senior EFCC sources told a correspondent of SaharaReporters that Mr. Tukur was arrested over allegations that he diverted the sum of $40 million ostensibly meant for the negotiated release of 219 Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram militants in April 2014.
One of our sources disclosed that Mr. Tukur has told investigators that he diverted the funds with the approval and at the instance of the ex-president.
Another source said Mr. Tukur realized he was in deep trouble last Friday after he met the conditions for “administrative bail." "We told him that orders had come from above to get to the root of the matter, and that's when he began to make useful statements," said the source.
Mr. Tukur reportedly received $40 million from the office of the National Security Adviser after he boasted that he was in a position to negotiate the release of the abducted Chibok girls using some contacts in Chad, including Chadian President Idriss Deby.
However, the EFCC sources said the ostensible negotiation were botched from the very beginning by Mr. Tukur's deceptive moves. For example, President Déby reportedly received only $5 million from Mr. Tukur, who then helped himself to $35 million.
One EFCC source said the former presidential aide has claimed that he shared the bulk of the "negotiation" funds with his boss, Mr. Jonathan.
Mr. Tukur's alleged disclosures are bound to be unsettling for the former president’s camp, one source said. According to him, Mr. Tukur has volunteered information regarding his role in other financial scandals unrelated to his arrest.
A source at the Presidency told SaharaReporters that President Muhammadu Buhari was shocked to learn from the Chadian president about the insincerity of the former administration's actions regarding the abducted schoolgirls.
According to the source, during the recently concluded Regional Security Summit in Abuja, Mr. Buhari had pulled aside his Chadian counterpart to find out why Mr. Deby collected $40m from Nigeria to secure the release of Chibok girls and did nothing in return.
The Chadian president reportedly revealed that he was only told that the Jonathan administration had voted only $10 million for the negotiations. He added that Mr. Jonathan and his aides had abandoned the negotiation midway, forcing Chad to abandon its efforts even though Chadian troops were close to cornering Boko Haram militants and freeing the girls.
Mr. Deby reportedly told President Buhari that Mr. Tukur and other Nigerian officials to reach Mr. Jonathan to discuss the rescue plan.
The source stated that on one occasion when the Chadian leader reached the former Nigerian president, Mr. Jonathan feigned ignorance about the negotiations. At the time, the funds had apparently been diverted.
Chadian troops finally withdrew from Nigerian territory after a breakdown of talks even though they had made great progress in pursuit of Boko Haram insurgents, helping Nigeria's vastly depleted army to free up territories captured by the Islamist terrorists.
Mr. Tukur made a total of five trips to N’Djamena, the capital of Chad. Our Presidency source said Mr. Tukur used presidential jets to ferry cash during the failed negotiations to release the Chibok girls.
The detention of Mr. Tukur is considered a major blow to ex-President Jonathan. During Mr. Jonathan’s five-year reign as President, Mr. Tukur was popularly referred to as Prime Minister. The Adamawa-born civil servant served as a go-between for Jonathan, his ministers and aides.
Ironically, Mr. Tukur was Mr. Buhari’s personal assistant in 1984 when the Nigerian president was a military head of state.
However, the EFCC sources said the ostensible negotiation were botched from the very beginning by Mr. Tukur's deceptive moves. For example, President Déby reportedly received only $5 million from Mr. Tukur, who then helped himself to $35 million.
One EFCC source said the former presidential aide has claimed that he shared the bulk of the "negotiation" funds with his boss, Mr. Jonathan.
Mr. Tukur's alleged disclosures are bound to be unsettling for the former president’s camp, one source said. According to him, Mr. Tukur has volunteered information regarding his role in other financial scandals unrelated to his arrest.
A source at the Presidency told SaharaReporters that President Muhammadu Buhari was shocked to learn from the Chadian president about the insincerity of the former administration's actions regarding the abducted schoolgirls.
According to the source, during the recently concluded Regional Security Summit in Abuja, Mr. Buhari had pulled aside his Chadian counterpart to find out why Mr. Deby collected $40m from Nigeria to secure the release of Chibok girls and did nothing in return.
The Chadian president reportedly revealed that he was only told that the Jonathan administration had voted only $10 million for the negotiations. He added that Mr. Jonathan and his aides had abandoned the negotiation midway, forcing Chad to abandon its efforts even though Chadian troops were close to cornering Boko Haram militants and freeing the girls.
Mr. Deby reportedly told President Buhari that Mr. Tukur and other Nigerian officials to reach Mr. Jonathan to discuss the rescue plan.
The source stated that on one occasion when the Chadian leader reached the former Nigerian president, Mr. Jonathan feigned ignorance about the negotiations. At the time, the funds had apparently been diverted.
Chadian troops finally withdrew from Nigerian territory after a breakdown of talks even though they had made great progress in pursuit of Boko Haram insurgents, helping Nigeria's vastly depleted army to free up territories captured by the Islamist terrorists.
Mr. Tukur made a total of five trips to N’Djamena, the capital of Chad. Our Presidency source said Mr. Tukur used presidential jets to ferry cash during the failed negotiations to release the Chibok girls.
The detention of Mr. Tukur is considered a major blow to ex-President Jonathan. During Mr. Jonathan’s five-year reign as President, Mr. Tukur was popularly referred to as Prime Minister. The Adamawa-born civil servant served as a go-between for Jonathan, his ministers and aides.
Ironically, Mr. Tukur was Mr. Buhari’s personal assistant in 1984 when the Nigerian president was a military head of state.
I don't believe this
ReplyDeleteChai, what fuckery? This is clear and clean. Now, what have they to say about this? If I hear witch..anything ehn. See how they used this chibok ish to syphon money. Do these people have a conscience? So what did the president of Chad do with the $10k given him? SMH
DeleteAll these scam monies no one even reach my hand. Am sure the once used in buying houses and cars for girlfriends can never be recovered.
ReplyDeleteJonathan its getting close
ReplyDeleteGood for him!.,
ReplyDeleteStory for the gods.
ReplyDeleteThe whole chibok story is a fluke.
James you're a fluke
DeleteMoney matters...see the way they are calling millions as if it's thousands.
ReplyDeleteBut why?maka why?they were never concerned about those people except themselves,and hope GEJ's family on dis blog are listening to what their cousin did,a nii arindii nii man yee see,you see now so they would have rescued those girls now if he dint feign ignorance,everybody's reward is in Jannah Walai, and the zonal thief odidi $35m you swallow,you just want to kill yourself,you've met your match now,your eye don come down.I know We'll be fine Masha Allahu.
ReplyDeleteI am not a GEJ fan but pls it's obvious dey are all heaping it on him bcos he has diplomatic immunity. I don't think he can b taken to court so dey wld heap all d blame on him. They hv turned him into a scape goat. Bcos he was a weak man dt is why dey hv d mind to b blaming everything corrupt on him. Do we knw what dey told him dt made him abandon it. Dem no go talk d complete story. Dey wld say it suit deir needs. Infact d more I read things like d more I hate Jonathan, u no even do 1 tin for ur ppl, na so so aboki just dey chop d money. After Dieziani who again,dt 1 sef greedy tin,chop no even do anything for her people,wetin.... U ppl are just annoying. U no see how Buhari dey use imm aboki'a everywhere,dt is how dey do it. Mschewwwww
DeleteThen Jonathan should come out and speak if these people are telling lies against him. With or without immunity, his integrity is at stake here. He cannot keep quiet and take all the blame if he isn't aware of them. I would wave my immunity in this instance just to set the record straight for posterity. Who keeps mum with this level of allegation? Amazing
DeleteAll these nonsense stories just won't stop,what a clueless govt we have,people are hungry and angry and all they (govt) are concerned about is to give us tales by moonlight instead of brainstorming on ways to inprove the economy and way of life of the people,we are really doomed,mental slavery is the name of the game now with these govt,let these govt know that as long as the economy is dry,the citizens will remain hungry and angry,and a hungry and angry citizen will do anything to survive,they will engage in vices to meet up,so any moron that feels that it is by stifling of the wealth of a nation that brings corruption to an end is really a born fool.
ReplyDeleteStupidity is your cousin. If we check now, you'd be amongst those that will be fighting for common village land, yet you want Govt to forgo $35 mln.
DeleteWhy won't you be hungry and angry, when you can't even reason to understand cause and effect. Mtchewww
Gbam!,..
DeleteChai! Stupidity shall always reign. See someone suffering from mental slavery complaining about others suffering from mental slavery. The worst part is you don't even know you're a slave.
DeleteWhy won't people be remain when some individuals were busy sharing money like STD.
When you're malnourished be busy brainstorming on ways to improve your stomach infrastructure instead of chasing after food
Sir/Ma, I am not angry and I definitely cannot be hungry. I am a citizen of heaven so even if there's a casting down, there's a lifting up for me and mine. E.O.D
DeleteAlmost everyone in Jonathan's regime was a bloody thief
ReplyDeleteAnd the people in Buhar's team are all saint abi?...
DeleteTheir own turn will come one day and their nyash wlll be exposed like this including una Buhari mr kworoption fighter!..
Jonathan single handedly destroyed this country .and for that he would never know peace !
ReplyDeleteAccording to stella and other mumu ppl the whole chibok thing is either a scam or was orchestrated to frustrate the ineffectual and fantastically corrupt buffoon.... forgetting that before he was mysterious killed former NSA head (under jonathan) Gen. Azazi said pdp is boko haram and boko haram is pdp
ReplyDeleteJesus, even if I pretend not to believe these things, I just can't help it.
ReplyDeleteGEJ, why?
I wonder how long this immunity deal with Jona will hold out for, in the face of glaring complicity on his part in the mass looting of our commonwealth.
ReplyDeleteJonathan has no immunity but as an ex head of state, it's possible that nothing will happen to him, no matter the glaring evidence. E.g obasanjo, IBB and co
DeleteNow here come the BIG SCAM...
ReplyDeleteThey said chibok was a scam, so why should our so called educated ex-leader pay for such scam without true investigation?
Those with insensitive comments yesterday on Asari Dokubo twit should defend the post.
Awww no much comment on the post...
We really have a long way to go supporting our criminal leaders. Blog visitor Abubakar Abdulkadir wrote a post last week about our leaders but some left the message to attack the messenger because he is Hausa while some didn't even read his post because of the name.
More revolution everyday.
I said it yesterday and will continue to say it. Jonathan's leadership was a BIG SCAM. Imagine $40M mapped out for the girls release was diverted by someone under his nose not even questioning the outcome of the money he approved.
We can't continue to defend those who loot our common wealth because they belong to a particular party or ethnicity.
Very sad.
Hahahahahaha...
DeleteJaymoore,untill I hear your opinion on the fuel subsidy removal then I will come and defend this post..
Shey I was calling you out then to come and write your usual epistle defending Buhari....you disappeared for the whole week!,,,
Kwakwakwakwa this boy Egbugom here...
Lmao....
This nigga diverted the money cos he knows the Chibok scam is fake!...
DeleteNow,where should I send your kisses?
DeleteDeep!
DeleteI am so confused in this country. Poor masses are just suffering.
DeleteThe gullible citizens are product of the scam...
DeleteJay Moore dey completely left d message and attacked d messenger. My brother we truly have a long way to go in this country.... Dey completely left a very important paragraph where he said d politicians are taking advantage of d masses and faced him on witch hunting. I am ashamed for most of our youth blindly defending political parties.
DeleteIt wasn't all diverted o. Jonathan collected his share. Re-read the article
DeleteHahahahah @Queen, you can never see anything wrong with your mentor. Carry go 😃😃.
DeleteI support the deregulation of the petroleum sector, we need to take away the so called subsidy which never benefited ordinary man. Yes the price is too much but if it can sustain rapid development in the country and bring about change so be it. Those wasted subsidy money should have been channelled to building roads,hospitals,railway,schools and others. Although I wish the can bring it down to 125 Naira per litre but i guess the economists within government already did their calculation. I want the government to increase salary of workers as 20k can't sustain any family in present hardship.
Any tough decision taken by the government will surely upset citizens, same thing happens all over the world. Just imagine arresting and recovering of looted funds Nigerians are upset along ethnic and religion line talk more. We need a strong leader like we have now to implement some though decision your mentor couldn't implement.
Tough**
DeleteEheheheh Jaymoore!! Hmmm.. this chibok matter will never be resolved because of its complexity. How won't some of us believe it's a scam with cases like the one we read up here happening?
DeleteQueen made a pertinent comment up there that they prolly diverted the funds when they realised chibok was a scam. Hmmm..
I too tire to type today jare. Lol.
Mr man you accepted diverting the money why robe in GEJ? Is it part of the condition for ur release? You're a big liar GEJ never told u to steal the money Mr man
ReplyDeleteLol. You're the kind of person that even if jonathan should come out and say he stole money, you'll still try to find a way to say he wasn't in control of his mouth.
DeleteDecades of corruption and oppression by nigerian politicians has beaten you black and blue to the point where you're now incapable of thinking independently and objectively.
You're a slave but don't know it. Emancipate yourself from mental slavery
One scenario in the series Suits comes to mind. The C.E.O didn't know his right hand was siphoning the company funds or blah blah. Harvey said 'You can't plead ignorance on the things that go on in your house. It's your damn job to know.'
ReplyDeleteANON @9.09... AMEN..
ReplyDeleteJonathan and his generations will never know peace. NEVER.
I loved Abubakar Abdulkadir's post but too tired to respond.
ReplyDeleteJay Moore.. why do you waste your time debating with these BVs, only an ignorant person will call the chibok girls a scam but the fact that GEJ even chopped their release money is pure wickedness. Chaiii release money as well because the one them chop was not enough.
How I hate GEJ and everything he stands for. I am not surprised by some of the comment from these bvs, it just shows there level of thinking. Dress a fool with all the silver and gold in this world, he/she still remains a fool.
Oh lord!
ReplyDeleteI am sick and tired of this country..
Imagine the amount of money that was siphoned into individual pockets at the detriment of the poor masses.
It's such a pity that we have a bunch of insensitive leaders who lack the humane feeling to lead.