Accordint to The Nation, former PDP Spokesperson, Olisa Metuh and ex Chiefs of Air Staff, Air
Marshals Adeshola Amosu and Mohammed Dikko Umar, have allegedly
individually sent letters to the EFCC saying they wanted to return
government funds with them so they can be left alone by the anti-graft
agency in other to avoid going to jail.
According to the newspaper, an EFCC source says the agency got requests
from these three men who are currently being investigated for allegedly
stealing government funds.
While Metuh is standing trial for allegedly receiving N400 million from
the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki, Umar is being
investigated for money laundering, criminal breach of trust and
corruption of about N9.7billion.
Amosu is alleged to have conspired with two other of his colleagues to steal N50 billion while in office.
The EFCC source said
“We have formally received letters of plea bargain from three accused
persons, Metuh, Umar and Amos. We are studying their terms. We may enter
into a plea bargain with the accused persons if it will serve the
public interest. The interest is getting back the stolen funds. If they
can fulfill this condition (public interest), we may accept their
offers.”.