Yesterday, DSS security agents arrested Hajiya Morufat
Obanikoro, the wife of former Minister of Defence Musiliu
Obanikoro’s wife following intelligence reports received from
the Department of State Service (DSS) and the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). She was arrested over
the current investigation on her husband, who is wanted for
questioning over the N4.745billion funds from the Office of
the National Security Adviser (ONSA) which was reportedly
However, Mrs. Obanikoro, was released on bail after she was
transferred to the EFCC by DSS. Her international passport
was confiscated . She was requested to return on Monday for
interrogation.
According to the Nation, Mrs. Obanikoro was arrested by
DSS after the authorities got wind that she had arrived in the
country last weekend from the United States. A source said
to Nation:
“We got a report that Mrs. Obanikoro had sneaked
into the country from the United States. After the
confirmation of her travel log, an alert was issued to
all security agencies.
“Following intelligence sharing with the EFCC, the
operatives of the DSS arrested her in Lagos with
some documents relating to the probe of the
N4.745billion slush funds from ONSA. Another source
spoke of excitement about Mrs. Obanikoro’s arrest
because “some of the funds under investigation were
wired into her company, which is called MOB.
“She needs to explain to this commission what job
she did to deserve such remittance into her account”.
Responding to a question, the source added:
“Mrs. Obanikoro had sued the EFCC for the
enforcement of fundamental human rights for
allegedly harassing her tenants and in-laws during the
course of investigating her husband.”
The N4.745billion cash was sourced from the SAS Imprest
Account of the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA)
under ex-NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.) prior to the conduct
of Ekiti State governorship poll on June 21, 2014.
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