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Arms Procurement Scandal: I Didn’t Receive $300,000 From Dasuki, Only SUVs Says President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has denied ever receiving cash of $300,000 from a former National Security Adviser, retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki.
Buhari, who reacted to the claim by Dasuki in his statement to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission that he gave him $300,000, said he did not receive a kobo from the former NSA.
Reacting to the development in on behalf of his boss, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina, said Buhari only received two Jeeps from the Presidency before his inauguration on May 29, 2015.
Adesina said the Jeep, one armoured and the other ordinary, were sent to Buhari shortly after the attack on his vehicles in Kaduna State by members of the Boko Haram sect.
He said the two Jeeps were Toyota Land Cruiser.
It would be recalled that Buhari was attacked in July 2014 by the Boko Haram terrorists on Ali Akilu Road, Kawo-Kaduna.
Shehu further emphasised that Dasuki never gave a dime to his boss, Adesina wrote: “After the attack, he (Buhari) got two Land Cruiser SUVs, one armoured, the other not.
“No cash.”
1. Our attention has been drawn to reports making the rounds, especially on internet-based media, that…
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) December 15, 2015
2. ...Pres. @MBuhari received $300,000.00 & up to five armoured SUVs from the Office of the National Security Adviser...
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) December 15, 2015
3. …in the aftermath of the attack on his convoy in Kaduna last year.
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) December 15, 2015
4. We unequivocally deny that President Buhari received $300,000.00 or any monetary compensation whatsoever from the Jonathan Presidency...
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) December 15, 2015
5. …or any of its officials, in the aftermath of that attack, or at any other time since then.
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) December 15, 2015
6. While it is true that one armoured SUV and one untreated SUV were sent to the President in the aftermath of the attack,...
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) December 15, 2015
7. …the vehicles were in keeping with his entitlements as a former Head of State…
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) December 15, 2015
8. ...under the Remuneration of Former Presidents and Heads of State (And other Ancillary Matters) Decree of 1999.
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) December 15, 2015
9. Section 3, Sub Section 1 of that Decree provides that three vehicles will be provided for fmr. heads of state & replaced every four years
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) December 15, 2015
10. There was therefore nothing untoward, illegal or tending to corruption in former Head of State Buhari and Presidential aspirant,...
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) December 15, 2015
11. …as he then was, receiving vehicles, to which he was statutorily entitled , from the Federal Government of Nigeria.
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) December 15, 2015
12. Pres. @MBuhari had in keeping with his austere, spartan & frugal disposition shunned most of his entitlements as a fmr Head of State,...
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) December 15, 2015
13. …but was prevailed upon by his supporters to accept the two vehicles for his personal safety after of an attempt to assassinate him.
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) December 15, 2015
14. It is preposterous to think that the President will allow his acclaimed reputation of honesty and incorruptibility to be tarnished...
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) December 15, 2015
