This is also as the Committee on Public Assets called on the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to take over the investigation of the alleged indiscriminate sale of two helicopters by the NCAT
The resolution of the Committee on Public Assets was a sequel to a five-hour interface with the management of the College and other relevant bodies.
The PUNCH reported that in December 2023, the House launched an investigation into the state of public assets in the country.
The committee’s mandate is to recover assets valued at trillions of naira and moribund public assets within and outside Nigeria and to unravel the reasons behind the hurried sale of two helicopters without the approval of the Federal Executive Council a few days before the end of the Buhari administration in 2023.
Present at the interface present at were the management team of NCAT, representatives of the Nigerian Army and others relevant to the investigation.
The chairman of the Committee, Ademorin Kuye representing Shomolu Federal Constituency, Lagos State, expressed worries that the two choppers bought at $2.4bn were sold at $1.2 bn without due process.
“We requested documents of any kind of joint venture, there is no response to that whether you have one or you do not.
“We requested a list of assets including comprehensive description and specifications of all your listed assets, rented apartments including acquisition dates and methods and the current status and conditions of such assets.
“We cannot say specifically that you have satisfied all of these requests. Though you tried to answer some of them, your responses are not adequate,” the lawmaker said.
The committee also faulted the alleged use of an unlicensed auctioneer who failed to provide a needed response to enquiries.
In his reaction, Musa Alkali, Coordinator of Nigerian Army Aviation said that the request by the Army to make use of the helicopters in the fight against terrorism was turned down.
He demanded that the two helicopters should be recovered.
A member of the committee, Midala Balami, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party from Borno State described the documents submitted to the committee as false.
