Lt. General Buratai Vandilised BokoHaram Fund For Personal Use.

Lt General Tukur Buratai

According to Sahara Report, Buratai, the newly appointed Army chief has done away with the money set aside for the Military to fight Boko Haram for personal benefits.
Sahara report revealed how the Army Chief bought exoltic houses in Dubai and in Abuja.


Lt General Tukur Buratai the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) seems to be entangled in a web of controversies with regards to the ownership of multi million dollar properties both in Nigeria and UAE. Investigations recently showed that Lt Gen Buratai bought a second exotic property in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, days after his appointment as Nigeria’s chief of army staff (COAS.


About a week ago there were reports that the COAS and his two wives in 2013, paid the sum of 1,498,534.00 AED (N120 million/$419,000) for the first property, Project TFG Marina Hotel Unit 2711, with Sale documents showing the first property was given to the Buratais on January 13, 2013. 

On July 13, 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Buratai on as the new COAS. Sahara Reporters gathered that in the first 11 days of his appointment, Buratai made arrangements to buy a second property from the same company in Dubai. And that between July 24 and August 17, 2015, he paid a total sum of N42.2 million into TFG Sigma 111’s account in Nigeria (Skye Bank 1770380452). Sahara Reporters reportedly got an evidence which revealed that the chief of army staff made N10 million payments on July 24 and August 7 concurrently. Nigerians have reacted to the developments regarding Buratai’s assets, below are their views on the issue.

 
Meanwhile, Lt General Tukur Buratai, Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, has been cleared of any wrong doing with regards to owning assets outside the country. According to PR Nigeria, the federal government has concluded investigations on the top military officer and he has been vindicated as his assets and military acquisitions are being shown to be based on capital market principles of shareholding.

 The report stated that the capital market principle that governed the properties in issue is similar to having shares in companies instead of full ownership. And after the necessary investigations have been carried out, the federal government has made bold to say that the ownership of the properties was based on being investors as shareholders just like those mentioned in the matter