The Nigerian Army has denied media reports that the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, and his two wives acquired a property in Dubai and paid for it in a single transaction.
The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, said in a statement on Saturday that while it was true that the Buratai family had two properties in Dubai, they were bought with personal savings in 2013.
Usman said the army chief had consistently declared the properties along others in his assets declaration form as Commander, Multinational Joint Task Force and the Chief of Army Staff.
He described the report as a smear campaign which was designed to malign the image of the chief of army staff.
He said that similar moves to smear the image of the COAS in March 2016 could not fly because the allegation by the ‘Concerned Soldiers and Officers from the North-East ‘ were untrue.
He said, “Concerned Soldiers and Officers from the North-East” who raised the allegation in a petition obtained by an online news agency was obviously nonexistent.
Usman also described as untrue the claim that the huge lodgements were made into an account owned by the COAS at Skye Bank as Buratai had no account with the bank and had not been involved in any shady transaction and contract scam.
He said, ‘It is a fact that the Buratai family has two properties in Dubai that were paid for on instalment basis through personal savings three years ago.
“This, along with other personal assets, has consistently been declared by General Buratai in his Assets Declaration Form as Commander Multinational Joint Task Force Commander and as Chief of Army Staff.
“In addition, General Buratai was never near either the Defence Headquarters or Army Headquarters in 2013. It is pertinent to also note that he was never a director of procurement in the Army Headquarters as alleged. As a matter of fact, the Nigerian Army never had a Directorate of Procurement till when he established one last year when he became Chief of Army Staff.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Are we stupid fellas? How much does he receive as a salary to acquire that kind of property?
ReplyDeleteAm not Dashiki has sat kind of house in Dubai self. Personal ke,#120million as personal savings,? Since when? Over thirty years abi wetin?
ReplyDeleteMr buhari claims that he has zero tolerance on coruption,he should not hesitate to probe this man or he should stop ranting on coruption and face the colaps economy in the country.buhari should stop decieving 180 million nigerian with their lopsided war on coruption,efcc,magu start work or you will be investigate someday.
ReplyDeleteIf its his own money ,why buying it in Dubai ND not Abuja
ReplyDeleteWhat is his salary scale and what are wives doing for living?
ReplyDeleteAPC is immune from investigation. The target is pdp
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