Maj-Gen. Hakeem Otiki, the military officer standing trial for allegedly stealing and diverting Nigerian Army’s cash has pleaded not guilty after being arraigned before a court martial.
It was however learnt that N135 million, said to be part of the missing money was recovered from the Nigerian army general who is pleading with the tribunal to allow him travel for medical treatment at Florida in United States (U.S.) and also to unfreeze his account which was placed under Post No Debit (PND) by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Otiki ran into trouble after his escorts he instructed to guard one Alhaji Abo Aliu who was transporting N100,000,000.00 and $86,000.00 from Sokoto to Kaduna, robbed him of the money between Funtua and Zaria.
Alhaji Abo Aliu and his friend were taken to a nearby forest, dispossessed of their phones and robbed of the money meant for furniture purchase
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