Barde to EFCC: My hands are clean

Former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh (rtd), has told the Economic and Financial crimes Commission that his hands are clean as far as the alleged offences committed while he was in charge as Chief of Air Staff and later Chief of Defence Staff are concerned.
Badeh, who honoured an invitation by the EFCC to clarify certain grey areas in the ongoing investigations into alleged irregular procurements in the Armed Forces under his watch, told the Commission that as much as he is willing to assist in all facets of the investigation, he personally has nothing to hide.
Dependable sources at the EFCC revealed that Badeh has been under pressure from his interviewers to own up to some properties and to surrender part of his personal wealth even when nothing incriminating was found against him, all of which he declined.
Badeh denied having any personal interest in any of the contracts or deriving any personal benefits from any as he was not offered and did not demand for it.
The EFCC operatives were reportedly angry with the former pilot and decided to deny him bail.
It was learnt that Badeh will be charged to court on Monday.
But there are said to be no proofs that he was ever compromised throughout his tenure either as the Chief of Air Staff or the Chief of Defence Staff.
The former CDS, who denied ownership of the properties being linked to him, maintained that he never deliberately acted with corrupts intents in any particular purchase undertaken by the Air Force or the Defence Headquarters.
He said all such activities under him shows that the purchases made did not only follow due processes, but they were duly delivered and acknowledged to have been received.