Buratai
A legal practitioner, Osuagwu Ugochukwu, who described himself as an Attorney to Lt Gen T.Y Buratai (retd), has threatened to seek legal redress on behalf of the former Army chief should anyone attempt to soil his reputation.
Ugochukwu issued the threat in a statement titled, ‘Lt. Gen. TY Buratai and other ex- Service Chiefs Never Fiddled With Arms Fund,’ which he signed, and released in Abuja, late on Friday.
The statement read, “My attention has been drawn to an interview granted BBC by National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (retd.) wherein he was alleged to have accused former service chiefs of filtering Arms Fund away.
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1. Following a report by the National Security Adviser, NSA, Babagana Monguno, that the newly appointed Service Chiefs did not meet the funds approved for the procurement of arms upon their resumption of office, the former Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai yesterday, said he was not involved in diverting any funds while in office. Buratai made the clarification in a statement signed by his lawyer, Osuagwu Ugochukwu.
2. President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday issued a stern warning to would-be terrorists and bandits targeting schools, saying the country will not allow the destruction of the school system. The President said this yesterday in a statement signed by his Spokesman, Garba Shehu.
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Soon after their exit from the military, President Muhammadu Buhari appointed them as ambassadors.
The new service chiefs are General Lucky Irabor (CDS); Lt Gen Ibrahim Attahiru (COAS); Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo (CNS); and Air Marshal Ishiaka Oladayo Amao (CAS).
Although the office of the NSA later issued a statement saying Monguno did not say monies were missing, the transcript of his interview with the BBC Hausa Service on Friday revealed that he did.
Gen Monguno had said, “It is not that we are not working to end the security challenge in the country. The president has done his own part and allocated huge amounts of money to purchase weapons, but they are yet to be here. We don’t know where they are.