On Thursday that two teams of the EFCC investigating the arms procurement fraud had taken turns to interrogate the former chief of air staff since he reported at the commission’s headquarters at 10.am on Wednesday.
Between 10.30pm on Wednesday and 8pm on Thursday, Amosu had been quizzed for a total of 15 hours.
Findings showed that besides being quizzed, the former chief of air staff was asked to write a statement on the allegations by the presidential committee that investigated arms procurement under former President Goodluck Jonathan.
Among other issues, he was quizzed over the alleged fraud that characterised 10 contracts of the Nigeria Air Force between 2014 and 2015, totalling $930.5m
Most of the questions asked Amosu centred on the procurement of two used Mi-24V helicopters instead of the recommended Mi-35M series at the cost of $136.9m.
The helicopters were said to have been inflated and not operationally air worthy at the time of delivery. A brand new unit of such helicopters goes for about $30m.
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