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How I made Billions Flying African Leaders in Presidential Jet- Ex-Air Chief, Dikko

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Wilson Uwujaren
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December 9, 2021
Ex Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Mohammed Dikko Umar
Ex Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Mohammed Dikko Umar

How I made Billions Flying African Leaders in Presidential Jet- Ex-Air Chief, Dikko

The trial of former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Mohammed Dikko Umar resumed on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, with the continuation of the cross examination of the defendant by the prosecuting counsel, Sylvanus Tahir.

The defendant, Dikko, told the court that he bought properties worth N4.7 billion through estacodes earned through training and flying most of the African Presidents.

“For thirty six years of my service my lord, I served in the Presidential Fleet for seventeen years. Most of the flights I took were external trips outside Nigeria, and I went for many training trips outside the country,” he said.

Dikko further disclosed that he flew all African Presidents during his years in service, except the Presidents of Cote D’Ivoire and Togo.

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“I have earned a lot of estacodes, lots of foreign trips and two farms in Abuja with about 17 hectares of land and the other two in Kaduna are four hectares and 200 hectares respectively. I have been a farmer throughout my life”, he said.

Asked why he did not provide the court with documents to back up his claims about the estacodes, he said nobody asked him to do so. He however adds that he mentioned it in his extrajudicial statement to the EFCC.

Dikko told the court that the Nigerian Air Force “has its own way of operation”; adding that the Service had no e-payment system during his time.
However, documented evidence before the court shows that while Dikko was in office, he received his salary through the bank. Also, pages 22 to 472 in the exhibit, shows e-transactions for upkeep to some under-listed officers. And those transactions happened in August 2012, when the defendant was the Chief of Air Staff.

Justice Dimgba adjourned the matter till March 1, 2022 for adoption of final addresses.

Dikko was first arraigned on January 25, 2017 on a 7-count charge of money laundering and procurement fraud to the tune of N9.7 billion. Six of the counts were dismissed following a no case submission.

Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
8 December, 2021

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