Recovered N1.8bn: Recall Buratai For Investigation, PDP Tells Buhari
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to look into the recent accusations made against Lt Gen Buratai Tukur, the Chief of Army Staff (Rtd).
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) recovered N1.85 billion from a residence registered to a person posing as Buratai, as exclusively reported by NEWS DIRECT.
According to information obtained by NEWS DIRECT, the government of Muhammadu Buhari set aside billions of naira to buy weapons and ammunition.
Buratai already confirmed to a publication that the property belonged to him and that no search warrant had been acquired before it was seized, despite protestations from his lawyer and other anonymous people.
In a statement on Sunday, PDP spokesman, Debo Ologunagba, said Buratai should be probed over his alleged connection with the cash found in the Abuja property.
He said the demand for the investigation of the ex-service chief is predicated on the earlier assertion by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Gen. Babagana Monguno, after the exit of Buratai as COAS that the $1bn drawn from the national coffers under the APC administration for the purchase of arms to fight terrorism could not be traced.
The opposition party also said reports of massive looting by APC leaders and their cronies in government Ministries, Departments and Agencies further confirm the administration “as a haven for treasury looters”.
“Moreover, the recently exposed looting of N80bn by the suspended Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, which investigation has now gone cold is suspected to have been engineered by the cabal at very high level of the APC administration.”
The PDP insisted that Buratai should return to the country and personally face an investigation to clear his name.
“This is because any allegation bordering on looting of funds meant for the fight against terrorism is of grave national concern and consequence. It must be thoroughly investigated and anybody found wanting must be made to face the full weight of the law no matter how highly placed,” the party said.
