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Nigeria's suspended Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Amb. Ayodele Oke, has met with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and admitted to receiving $289,202,382 on the orders of former President Goodluck Jonathan in February 2015. The transaction was known as an intervention fund for national security or special services to fight insurgency during the six weeks between the Presidential/National Assembly elections and the polls held on March 28, 2015. The NIA has gathered documents to support his claim and will submit memos and other documents as evidence. The National Petroleum Investment Management Service raised a memo on February 25, 2015, asking the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to release $289,202,382 to the NIA in cash. The NIA will also submit memos and other documents as evidence. The suspended NIA boss must answer why the apartment where the money was kept was registered in the name of his wife, Mrs. Folasade Oke.