Buratai acquired Dubai properties with his savings – Army
Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai
The Nigerian Army has denied 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 that the Army chief had consistently declared the
properties along with other properties 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 allegations by the ‘Concerned Citizens’
were untrue.
He said the “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 lodgments were being made into an account owned by the COAS at Skye Bank.
He said, “It is pertinent to state that the Chief of Army Staff does
not have any account with Skye Bank as alleged, let alone making
deposits in the imaginary bank account to the tune of the amount stated
in the write-up.
“Similarly, he has not been involved in any form of shady or dishonest transaction, not to talk of “contract scam”.
“In addition, General Buratai was never near either Defence
Headquarters or Army Headquarters in 2013. It is pertinent to also note
that he was never a Director of procurement in 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.”
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