Nigeria's fromer national security adviser ‘stole billions’ in arms deals meant for weapons to fight Boko Haram

Arrest ordered as ficticious arms deals worth €5bn are uncovered

Nigeria’s leader has ordered the arrest of the former president’s national security adviser for allegedly stealing billions of dollars meant to buy weapons to fight Boko Haram Islamic extremists rampaging across north-east Nigeria.

“Thousands of needless Nigerian deaths would have been avoided” if the money had been properly spent, Femi Adesina, an adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari, said in a statement.