By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor
Apparently overwhelmed by startling revelations on how Nigeria’s defence cash was diverted and shared among politicians, the Economic and Financial Crimes is considering further detention of the suspects already in its custody.

To achieve the objective, the EFCC is considering approaching the court to secure an order to enable it to further detain the high profile suspects.

Vanguard learnt Wednesday that apart from Daar Communications Chief, Raymond Dokpesi, former Minister of State for Finance, Bashir Yuguda and former Sokoto Governor, Attahiru Bafarawa, there were many other key suspects detained in EFCC cells in connection with the $2 billion arms deal.

It was learnt that while some of the suspects such as Shuaibu Salihu, who was director of finance in the office of the National Security Adviser and 19 others had been in detention for over a week, Dokpesi, Bafarawa and Yuguda, joined the suspects only this week.

By law, they are expected to be released or charged to court within 48 hours.

Mindful of the position of the law, a top source in the commission told Vanguard last night that the agency might approach a court to seek an order to further detain the high profile suspects.