Group says Buratai should also be probe by EFCC on arms deal scandal.. Read.....

A group known as Save The Nation Movement
(STNM) advises anti-graft commission to include
Buratai in the current investigation of abuse of
funds meant for the purchase of weapons in the
war against Boko Haram.

The group wondered why President Muhammadu
Buhari didn’t include the COAS into the list of
retired and serving officers of the Nigeria air force
and Nigerian army that must be investigated by the
EFCC.

However, Buratai, who was said to be the director
of purchase between 2012 and 2015, was omitted.

Steven Chilaka, national secretary of the
movement, said in a statement published on
January 24, Sunday: “Major General Tukur Buratai
was appointed director of procurement DHQ in 2012,
a position he held until May 2015 that he was
appointed force commander of the Multinational Joint
Task Force (MJTNF), an appointment he held till he
became chief of army staff.”

“As director of public procurement at the DHQ, all
procurements by the military between 2012 and May
2015 passed through his office. Our question is; how
can you probe procurement of arms within this
period without the involvement of Major General
Buratai, the man who was the director of
procurement?

“Could procurements have been made without his
involvement during the period that he was director of
procurement?

“Definitely, it won’t be funny if President Muhammadu
Buhari’s fight against corruption is also selective
against the military as it already appears to be
against the political class and the president must
look into this obvious case of selective probe as a
matter of urgency.”

President Buhari has last week directed the anti-
corruption commission to “ carry out further
investigation into the misconduct established against
some retired and serving officers of the Nigeria air
force and Nigerian army.”

Garba Shehu, president’s media aide, who issued
Buhari’s order in a statement, clarified that the
committee launched to review the procurement of
weapons and equipment in the armed forces from
2007 to 2015, had recommended 20 serving and
retired military personnel for probe.