Dubai Properties Scandal: Buratai should resign or be removed- Falana
Mon Jul 11, 2016 11:32:am National
2.7K By Buchi Obichie
Foremost human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has called for the resignation of Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, over the properties allegedly owned by the Army Chief in Dubai.
According to Falana, despite Buratai's worthy achievements in the fight against terrorist group, Boko Haram, the fight against corruption must also be won.
In a statement over the weekend, Falana described the explanation by the Nigerian Army authorities that Buratai paid for the properties in instalments through his personal savings, as a "cock and bull story."
He condemned the involvement of the Nigerian Army in defending Buratai, regretting the fact that the Army's name had been used 'illegally' to defend Buratai, and stated that no one had yet to explain to Nigerians how an Army General could manage to save $1.5m.
Despite criticism of the Army over the properties scandal, Falana commended the Buhari administration for putting on trial, military officers who were allegedly involved in the diversion of the sum of $15bn, meant for the procurement of arms.
He said the alleged diversion led to the killing of about 25,000 Nigerians by the Boko Haram sect while two million others, including children, had been displaced.
He stated: "In view of the ban on the opening and operation of foreign accounts by public officers, the Code of Conduct Bureau should be involved in the investigation.
"If the Chief of Army Staff does not deem it fit to resign forthwith, President Buhari should not hesitate to remove him in the interest of national morality."
‘‘How an army General managed to save $1.5m has not been disclosed to Nigerians. Since the General was in charge of procurement for the Nigerian Army at the material time, the cock and bull story of the military high command has been called names."
According to Falana, despite Buratai's worthy achievements in the fight against terrorist group, Boko Haram, the fight against corruption must also be won.
In a statement over the weekend, Falana described the explanation by the Nigerian Army authorities that Buratai paid for the properties in instalments through his personal savings, as a "cock and bull story."
He condemned the involvement of the Nigerian Army in defending Buratai, regretting the fact that the Army's name had been used 'illegally' to defend Buratai, and stated that no one had yet to explain to Nigerians how an Army General could manage to save $1.5m.
Despite criticism of the Army over the properties scandal, Falana commended the Buhari administration for putting on trial, military officers who were allegedly involved in the diversion of the sum of $15bn, meant for the procurement of arms.
He said the alleged diversion led to the killing of about 25,000 Nigerians by the Boko Haram sect while two million others, including children, had been displaced.
He stated: "In view of the ban on the opening and operation of foreign accounts by public officers, the Code of Conduct Bureau should be involved in the investigation.
"If the Chief of Army Staff does not deem it fit to resign forthwith, President Buhari should not hesitate to remove him in the interest of national morality."
‘‘How an army General managed to save $1.5m has not been disclosed to Nigerians. Since the General was in charge of procurement for the Nigerian Army at the material time, the cock and bull story of the military high command has been called names."
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