Falana Tells FG To Sue And Recover the Seized $15M

The advice was contained in a statement issued in Lagos on Friday by Mr. Falana, a copy obtained by the Nation. Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has advised the Federal Government on what to do about the seized $15 million arms purchase money. The legal practitioner told the Federal Government to sue the Isreali and two Nigerians arrested in South Africa in connection with the $15million arms deal with a view to recovering the money.................. According to him, the Asset Forfeiture Unit in the office of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) in South Africa had in the past three weeks seized two tranches of funds totalling $15million being payment for the alleged purchase of arms by the Federal Government. He said after the first $9.3 million smuggled into South Africa by an Israeli and two Nigerians was seized last month, the suspicion surrounding the development revealed that the South African company involved in the deal is not a licensed arms dealer and that the jet used to ferry the money belongs to Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, who is an ally of President Goodluck Jonathan.........................