Alleged diversion of arms fund: Activist Deji Adeyanju wants Buhari to sack Buratai

Vanguard

By Miftaudeen Raji

Human rights activist and Convener of Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sack Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusufu Buratai (retd.), the Nigerian Ambassador to the Benin Republic.

The activist also opined that the ruling government should arrest and prosecution of the former Chief of Army Staff (COAS).

Buratai, a former COAS, has been widely reported in the media over an alleged huge amount of money discovered in his house in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

Adeyanji said Buratai’s arrest would not necessarily be out of any pretense of fighting corruption but out of shame, because Daduki was also detained for many years for alleged diversion of arms funds.

Buratai, a retired Lieutenant General served as the COAS between 2015 and 2021 and was appointed by Buhari as the Nigerian ambassador in Benin on June 22, 2021.

Reports said officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC) ICPC officials stormed Buratai’s house in the Wuse area,..