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PDP asks FG to investigate Buratai

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to recall the former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and Ambassador to Benin Republic,…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to recall the former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and Ambassador to Benin Republic, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (rtd).

In a statement by its spokesman, Debo Ologunagba, the party said Buratai should be probed over his alleged connection with the N1.8bn recovered in an Abuja property by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).

The PDP said the demand for investigation of Buratai is predicated on the earlier assertion by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Gen. Babagana Monguno, after the exit of Gen. 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 party said the assertion by the NSA heightened suspicion on allegations of barefaced looting of money meant to equip our security forces, adding that “such corruption under the APC administration has led to the upsurge in unhindered terrorism attacks, mass killing of citizens and loss of many of our gallant fighters in the front in the last seven years.”

The opposition party also said reports of massive looting by APC leaders and their cronies in government Ministries, Departments and Agencies further confirm the APC 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, standing with Nigerians, insists that Gen. Buratai should return to the country and personally face 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.

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