While reacting to some fresh embezzlement discoveries by the ICPC, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has openly called on the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari to make sure he recalls the former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and current Ambassador to Benin Republic, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (rtd), to face some investigations over his alleged connection with the ₦1.8 billion which had been recovered in a property in Abuja after a tip off to the ICPC.
Africa Daily News, New York recalls that the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) had recently recovered ₦1.8 billion worth of property owned by a military contractor in Abuja.
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The opposition party in a statement by its National Organising Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, Sunday demanded the recall and investigation of Gen. Buratai.
PDP said its demand is predicated on the alleged missing $1 billion meant to purchase arms to fight terrorism. It added that corruption under President Muhammadu Buhari’s APC-led administration has led to the upsurge in unhindered terrorism attacks, mass killing of citizens, and loss of many of our gallant fighters.
The statement partly read, “It is therefore of serious interest to Nigerians when reports that the ICPC discovered the sum of ₦1.8 billion in various currencies, expensive cars, and jewelry secreted in a property in Abuja allegedly linked to the former COAS broke out.
“There are already apprehensions that the discovered money is part of the security fund that was criminally diverted. This is especially against the backdrop of the frenzy and spirited efforts by certain quarters linked to the APC to suppress investigation and free flow of information, politicize the matter and sweep it under the carpet.
“Nigerians will recall that our Party has on several occasions alerted that the looting of our treasury is officially sanctioned and enabled by the APC administration with its refusal to prosecute those who were alleged and found to have been involved in massive corruption.
