Stop Shielding Them-Governor Fayose tells Buhari

He said this while citing reports that the Federal
Government is protecting some powerful ex-
Generals  from the arms purchase probe.
Fayose also alleged that anyone close to Buhari
cannot be probed even if the person looted
funds.
The Ekiti Governor in a statement issued by his
New Media Aide, Lere Olayinka said “There are
many petitions relating to the defence from 2007
that are being discarded, the question is why?
There are several petitions against APC leaders
that are not being looked into, the question is
why?
“Fghting corruption and targeting only opponents
of the president is in itself corruption.
“Buhari’s’ Minister of Interior, Major General
Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd) was Chief of Army
Staff between 2008 and 2010 and the current
Chief Of Army Staff, Major General Tukur Buratai
served as Director of Procurements, Defence
Headquarters, from 2012 till May 2015."
Adding that “It is a fact that the committee in its
terms of reference said it queried all procurement
from 2007 to 2015. Even the Press Release
issued was titled; ‘Third Interim Report of the
Presidential Committee on Audit of Defence
Equipment Procurement from 2007 to 2015.
“First paragraph of the committee report also
indicated that it used 2007-2015 as reference,
stating that the committee ‘analysed
procurement contracts awarded by or for the
Nigerian Army between 2007 and 2015.
“Questions Nigerians must now begin to ask
President Buhari and his government are: where
is the report of Presidential Committee on Audit
of Defence Equipment Procurement relating to
2007 to 2010? Who doctored the committee
report and why?
“Lai Mohammed said the Committee would
commence the audit of procurement from 2007
to 2010 ‘as soon as the necessary documents
are available’, it is necessary that Nigerians are
told who the custodians of the documents are.
Why were documents on procurement from 2011
and 2015 available and those of 2007 to 2010
not available?
“Early this year, we were told that an ally of
President Buhari and chieftain of the APC, Brig.
General Jafaru Isa (rtd) refunded N100 million of
the N170 million he allegedly received from ex-
NSA, Sambo Dasuki."
The Ekiti Governor also said “Jafaru Isa who was
a member of the 19-man Buhari Transition
Committee was released after he was allegedly
assisted by the Presidency to refund N100
million to the anti-graft commission and since
then, nothing has been heard about the case. He
was not charged to court like others.
“It took the Ministry of Defence and ths Code of
Conduct Bureau only one week to clear Buratai
but others from the opposition party would be
languishing in prison while EFCC go about fishing

for evidence against them.
“Like I and other well-meaning Nigerians have
maintained, fighting corruption is a good idea but
the moment documents of probe panels and
being doctored to shield those seen as the
President’s men, the entire purpose of the
corruption fight has been defeated.
“The international community must therefore
prevail on President Buhari to stop acting like the
grandfather of corruption in Nigeria by making
the anti-corruption war all-inclusive instead of
this clear persecution of his perceived political
enemies, and the first step to demonstrate that
will be the immediate release of report of the
Presidential Committee on Audit of Defence
Equipment Procurement covering 2007 to 2015.”