By Soni Daniel & Henry Umoru

Abuja—The probe of the former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh, did not proceed yesterday as scheduled.

The interrogation of the former NAF chief will now take place on Monday, according to informed sources at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

It was learned that although Badeh reported at the commission’s headquarters as early as 10am yesterday, he was not taken up by the operatives who were primed to interact with him.

The commission’s spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, could not be reached for explanations on the adjournment but a source close to the agency said the shift was to enable the panel raised by the anti-graft agency to put things in order.

Badeh was spotted at the headquarters of the EFCC earlier in the day where he had gone to make clarifications on alleged improper procurements made under his watch as Defence Chief.

The former CDS was accompanied to the EFCC by two of his associates and some aides at exactly 10am.

On arrival, he was ushered into the waiting room, where he interacted briefly with some operatives of the agency before taking his leave.

The former CDS is among the top military officers, who had been named in a presidential panel report as having some questions to answer over arms procurement that ate into the nation’s lean purse but delivered little succour to the armed forces.

According to the report, which has been forwarded by the Presidency to the EFCC, billions of public funds were paid to arms contractors, who in many cases delivered substandard or used facilities to the Nigerian armed forces at the cost of new ones, thereby exposing Nigerian soldiers to harm.

But Badeh, who held sway, first as Chief of the Air Staff before being elevated to head the Defence establishment as CDS, is expected to use his vantage position to clarify issues relating to the arms purchases and identified infractions named in the presidential panel report and clear his name.