By Henry Umoru

ABUJA—BARRING any last minute change of arrangement, former Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh (retd), will today honour the invitation extended to him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

The invitation extended to Badeh by the EFCC was in furtherance of investigations into procurement in the Armed Forces under his watch.

According to sources, Badeh received EFCC’s invitation on Monday and has promptly directed his personal aides to make arrangements for his visit to the commission’s office this morning, as requested by the ant-graft agency.

The source said the former CDS would be visiting the EFCC from his house where he had been since he left office, to explain certain activities alleged to have taken place in the Armed Forces under his watch as the coordinating officer for all the arms of the Armed Forces.

The source said Badeh had maintained a low profile in the face of recent allegation.

Some military sources who worked with Badeh believe that the former CDS was being deliberately framed up by people whose toes he stepped on while in office.

One of the military sources said:   “While it is impossible to say any human is perfect, we believe some of the allegations, as contained in the order directing EFCC to probe Badeh and others, are particularly strange to those of us who worked with him.

“We are even more curious because we understand this officers were not invited for questioning by the Presidential panel that conducted preliminary investigations into the matter.

“Well, we are glad he now has an opportunity to defend his good name built over years of dedicated service to the nation.”

But efforts to speak directly with the former CDS did not yield results, but reliable sources said he  was prepared to honour the invitation by the EFCC.