General Buratai's Dubai Houses: Falana & Others Demand Probe
The Chief Of Army Staff and his two wives were reported last week by an online medium to have owned two properties in Dubai said to be worth $1.5m.
Buratai said he's ready for investigation as he bought them with his earnings and business money.
The National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, in an interview with Punch, said Buratai should be probed over the allegation of the Dubai property scandal.
He stated, “The defence the army put up for him is so silly to be believed outside the barracks. All the earnings of Buratai since he joined the army, if all were saved, cannot buy a house in Dubai, let alone two.
“The army also exposed itself as a lying institution when it said Buratai was never in charge of procurement in writing. The investigation should make Buratai to let the country know that he did other businesses to buy the property in question so that the integrity of the anti-corruption war can be intact.
“The house could only come legitimately through other businesses outside his pay. The savings from the salaries of any army officer in Nigeria cannot buy a house in Dubai.”
Also, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has slammed the Nigeria Army for defending Buratai over the Dubai properties.
Falana said it was not the business of the Army to speak for Buratai on the allegations.
He said since public offices require public trust, Buratai should submit himself to Code of Conduct Bureau and the anti-graft agencies to clear his name.
He said, “Buratai should willingly invite the CCB, the EFCC, the ICPC to look into the matter. If Buratai was alleged to have unjustly purchased the houses, he has to come out to defend himself. He must show how the money used to purchase the houses was transferred.”
But the Ministry of Defence had dismissed the controversies being
generated by an online media report over the ownership of two properties
by Buratai’s family in Dubai.
