Badeh, clad in a brown kaftan and a black cap, arrived at the EFCC office around 10am on Monday.
Badeh, accompanied by three unidentified men, was escorted into the Idiagbon House headquarters of the EFCC by armed operatives. He was interrogated by detectives for several hours.
As of 10pm, Badeh was still in the custody of the anti-graft agency.
An EFCC operative, who spoke to Punch in confidence, said "he is still with us."
It was gathered that the commission had assembled two teams of EFCC operatives, who began the interrogation of the former chief of defence staff at about 10.30am on Monday.
It was learnt that he was asked to account for contracts awarded by the Nigeria Air Force when he was the chief of defence staff.
According to reports, contracts totalling $930,500,690.00 were awarded by the military under the leadership of Badeh. The money is said to be part of the $2.1bn, which was under the control of the Office of the National Security Adviser, then under the headship of Sambo Dasuki.
Badeh will answer questions on the non-specification of procurement costs, absence of contract agreements, award of contracts beyond authorised thresholds, transfer of public funds for unidentified purposes and general non-adherence with provisions of the Public Procurement Act.
While this is going on, the EFCC has obtained a court order to keep a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu (retd.), and some senior officers of the NAF.
Amosu and some of the top personnel of the Air Force were picked up on January 28, 2016, by the EFCC to answer questions in connection with the arms probe and our money was shared without equipment.
EFCC is working on taking the big men to court by third week February for their trials to commence.
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