As the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) commenced vetting of assets declaration forms submitted to it by President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo.

An official of the CCB, who preferred not to be named, expressed surprise over the president’s simple lifestyle.

“This is entirely unlike what one might expect from a former head of state of a country like Nigeria.

“The retired General has indeed been living an austere and Spartan lifestyle, contrary to what many might expect of a former Head of State of Nigeria and one who has held a number of top government positions, such as governor, Minister of petroleum and the head of the Petroleum Development Trust Fund (PTDF), the source, who was given the documents to handle said.

The documents submitted by president Buhari to CCB indicated that he had less than N30million on May 29.
The documents also revealed that the president had only one bank account with the Union Bank and had no foreign account, no factory or enterprises, no registered company and no oil wells.

The documents, however, indicated that President Buhari had five houses and two inherited mud houses in Daura as well as shares in Berger Paints, Union Bank and Skye Bank.

According to the documents, the five houses include two homes in Kaduna, one each in Kano, Daura and in Abuja while one of the mud houses in Daura was inherited from his late older sister, another from his late father.

The documents also indicated the president borrowed money from the old Barclays Bank to build two of his homes.

The President also has two undeveloped plots of land, one in Kano and the other in Port Harcourt.

“He is still trying to trace the location of the Port Harcourt land,’’ the document indicated.

In addition to the homes in Daura, the documents revealed that he has farms, an orchard and a ranch.

“The total number of his holdings in the farm includes 270 heads of cattle, 25 sheep, five horses, a variety of birds and a number of economic trees.’’

The documents also showed that president Buhari used a number of cars, two of which he bought from his savings and the others supplied to him by the federal government in his capacity as former Head of State.

“The rest were donated to him by well-wishers after his jeep was damaged in a Boko Haram bomb attack on his convoy in July 2014,’’ the documents indicate.

The documents submitted by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), who had been a successful lawyer before his foray into politics, showed a bank balance of about N94 million and 900,000 dollars in his bank accounts.

As revealed by the same forms, highlights of the Vice-President’s asset declaration include his 4-bedroom residence at Victoria Garden City, Lagos and a 3-bedroom flat at 2 Mosley Road, Ikoyi.

According to the documents, the Osinbajo also has a 2-bedroom flat at the popular Redemption Camp along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and a 2-bedroom mortgaged property in Bedford, England.

Apart from his law firm, known as SimmonsCooper, the Vice-President also declared shareholding in six private companies based in Lagos, including Octogenerium Ltd., Windsor Grant Ltd., Tarapolsa, Vistorion Ltd., Aviva Ltd. and MTN Nigeria.

According to details shown on the form, the Vice-President has about N94million, 900,000 dollars and 19,000 pound sterling in Nigerian Banks with the foreign currencies kept in local domiciliary accounts.

“His personal vehicles are, an Infinity 4-Wheel Drive SUV, one Mercedes Benz and a Prado Jeep,’’ the documents indicate.(NAN)

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Ghen Ghen

Former military Head of State, State Governor, Petroleum Commissioner, PTF Chairman. Yet the man lives an austere, spartan lifestyle. A rare breed indeed.

Bevista:
Former military Head of State, State Governor, Petroleum Commissioner, PTF Chairman. Yet the man lives an austere, spartan lifestyle. A rare breed indeed.

Highly commendable

A man who has contested thrice for the position of Nigeria president before he finally won the forth time, after continously spending millions of dollars declares this and you call it Austere life. No, it is called insincerity, hypocrisy above all Corruption. Anyway; TIME WILL TELL.

This is just another scam! They are desperate and concocted a media frenzy on a dismissive paper termed asset declaration. #teamBuhari must think nigerians are buhari's Zombies! Well, he has shot himself in the foot. Abeg na Union bank be the yeye bank wey borrow am money for APC form?

The question begging answers are; how does a jobless man who has no factory, no enterprise, no registered company or oil well to his name able to afford 5 landed properties including a house in Asokoro Abuja where a piece of property costs over 1 billion Naira?

How was he able to fund 3 failed presidential election?
How does he pay his daughter's tuition at the prestigious university of Surrey where tuition fee goes as high as £18,000 GBP P/A?
How does he maintain a home in London where his wife Aisha lives and many other liabilities not declared?

Who would have thought that Buhari has a house in Asokoro, Abuja and so many cars? I thought he doesn’t live those ostentatious lifestyle. Well, we are waiting for the actual publication, for now, we assume a sit-down-look posture.

tuniski:
This is just another scam! They are desperate and concocted a media frenzy on a dismissive paper termed asset declaration. #teamBuhari must think nigerians are buhari's Zombies! Well, he has shot himself in the foot. Abeg na Union bank be the yeye bank wey borrow am money for APC form?

Even Temitemi1, NL's robot was wise enough to avoid these thread...how much more u, that was given a benefit of doubt...
Offspring of the CLUELESS-1

I wish to be like PMB. He is indeed a true state man and a role model to follow compared to the likes of some tout corrupt clueless wailing wailers association !!!

myopinion2011:
A man who has contested thrice for the position of Nigeria president before he finally won the forth time, after continously spending millions of dollars declares this and you call it Austere life. No, it is called insincerity, hypocrisy above all Corruption. Anyway; TIME WILL TELL.

I can beat my chest to say Buhari has the highest following on any campaign ground. He doesn't have to pay crowd before they grace his campaigns.

Sometimes I don't even know what is driving these set of people that have been running their mouths ever since PMB was sworn in. In one breadth they accused him of being sponsored by all the monies of APC state governors and Tinubu, and yet in another breadth, they are also doubting him for having less than N30M in his bank account even after running for presidency four times. Can't you all be consistent just for once? Exactly what is your point, he was sponsored and at the same time he sponsored himself - which one do you want us to believe? Sometimes silence is golden. You can all keep quiet if you don't have anything sensible to say please.