Nigerian security official charged in $2.1 billion arms scandal

LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria’s former national security adviser pleaded innocent Monday to embezzling $2.1 billion meant to purchase arms to fight Boko Haram, and said some of the money was diverted on the then-president’s order to try to get himself re-elected. The former senior security official, Sambo Dasuki, said that part of the money — […]