Operatives of EFCC and ONSA, have discovered $9 million cash at the
residence of the sacked Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme,
retired Brig.-Gen. Paul Tarelah Boroh.
Boroh, who was Special Adviser on Niger Delta to President Muhammadu
Buhari has also been arrested.
The discovery of the cash was made a few hours after his arrest by a
combined team of EFCC and operatives of the Office of the National
Security Adviser (ONSA).
The Head, Media and Publicity of EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujiaren, confirmed the
arrest and cash recovery.
A senior security agent said Boroh was picked up from his home in
Gwarinpa, Abuja,on Monday.
He was reported to have been taken back to his residence at about3 a.m.
Tuesdayby the security operatives who raided his house for hours and made
the cash discovery of $9 million at his home.
He remains in the custody of the EFCC.
The former adviser was driven to his home in an unmarked car after his
arrest. His home was searched for several hours and about $9 million cash
was discovered in several safe boxes in several parts of the house, the
senior security agent stated.
The combined team of EFCC and the National Security Adviser operatives
were very thorough with the search. Indeed, at a point, the operatives
broke all the locks in the home including his wifes closet. The recovered
cash has been deposited at the Office of the NSA.
Buhari sacked Boroh last week and announced Prof. Charles Dokubo as his
replacement.
In the statement announcing Borohs dismissal, it said the NSA, Maj.-Gen.
Babagana Monguno (rtd), had been directed to probe the activities of the
Amnesty Office from 2015, when Boroh was appointed, especially allegations
of financial impropriety and other acts that were allegedly detrimental to
the objectives of the Presidential Amnesty Programme.
According to reports, Borohs sack, investigation and arrest by the EFCC
may not be unconnected to a petition, among others, that was sent to the
president last August.
The petition to Buhari dated August 21, 2017 was signed by one Timi
Angalabiri, on behalf of the Niger Deltans for Accountability and Good
Governance (NDAGG).
The group requested the president to suspend the ex-Amnesty Programme boss
for a credible investigative inquiry to commence into the non-payment of
tuition fees and living expenses of recently graduated Niger Delta
students in universities across the United States, the United Kingdom and
Nigeria.
The petitioner further pleaded with Buhari to use his good office to
prosecute Boroh and others for allegedly diverting the sum of N70 billion.
Shortly after the petition was written, rumours swirled about Borohs sack
by the president, but they were dismissed by the former Amnesty Programme
boss.
This story about my suspension and even sack has been off and on in the
media, but the truth is that I have not been sacked and no one should
disrupt the relative prevailing peace in the Niger Delta region with such
fake news, he had said.
What is happening is the handiwork of political enemies and those who do
not want the region to be peaceful. The rumours they are peddling are just
rubbish and unfounded. Under my watch, the programme, candidly speaking,
has helped greatly to stabilise the region.