A group known as Save The Nation Movement (STNM) wants General Tukur
\nBuratai, chief of army staff, to be included in the ongoing probe of abuse
\nof funds meant for the procurement of arms for the military.<\/p>\n
Only last week, President Muhammadu Buhari directed the Economic and
\nFinancial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate some serving and retired
\nmilitary officers over procurement of Arms for the Military.<\/p>\n
However, the group wondered why Buratai, who was said to be the director
\nof procurement between 2012 and 2015, was excluded.<\/p>\n
\u201cMajor General Tukur Buratai was appointed director of procurement DHQ in \u201cAs director of public procurement at the DHQ, all procurements by the \u201cCuriously too, only retired and serving officers of the Nigerian Air \u201cWas the army being excluded from this probe to save Major General \u201cDefinitely, it won\u2019t be funny if President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s fight A group known as Save The Nation Movement (STNM) wants General Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, to be included in the ongoing probe of abuse of funds meant for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"\n
\n2012, a position he held until May 2015 that he was appointed force
\ncommander of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MJTNF), an appointment he
\nheld till he became chief of army staff,\u201d Steven Chilaka, national
\nsecretary of the movement, said in a statement issued on Sunday<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n
\nmilitary between 2012 and May 2015 passed through his office. Our question
\nis; how can you probe procurement of arms within this period without the
\ninvolvement of Major General Buratai, the man who was the director of
\nprocurement?<\/p>\n
\nForce were said to have been indicted.<\/p>\n
\nBuratai? Or Could procurements have been made without his involvement
\nduring the period that he was Director of Procurement?<\/p>\n
\nagainst corruption is also selective against the military as it already
\nappears to be against the political class and the president must look into
\nthis obvious case of selective probe as a matter of urgency.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"