A former military governor of Kaduna State and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Jafaru Isa, has refunded N100million of the N170 million he received from embattled ex-NSA, Sambo Dasuki Premium Times is reporting.

Isa, a retired brigadier-general and a political associate of President Muhammadu Buhari, was arrested on Wednesday by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, at his Asokoro residence in Abuja.

According to the newspaper, a source revealed that the APC chieftain and member of the 19-man Buhari Transition Committee was released after refunding N100million to the anti-graft commission.

The source said Isa pledged to return the remaining N70 million soon.

“We let him go after returning the sum of N100million. We are expecting him to return the rest soon,” the source said.

According to him, some of the suspected recipients of the slush funds who claimed they had no idea the money sent to them was taken from the public were handed opportunities to return what they got from the former NSA but refused.

“We offered them the chance of returning the money honourably but they keep deploying tactics to avoid prosecution, while also going away with the loot,” he said.