Nigeria is firing dozens of senior officers accused
of corruption and the theft of billions of dollars
meant to buy arms to fight the Boko Haram
Islamic insurgency, the army and an officer privy
to the list said Saturday.
The officer said more than 50 officers have been
sacked. He spoke to The Associated Press on
condition of anonymity because the matter is
sensitive.
Army spokesman Col. Sani Kukesheka Usman said
only that “quite a number” were sacked Friday,
mainly major generals, brigadier generals,
colonels, lieutenant colonels and one major.
Some already have been handed over to the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for
allegedly diverting billions meant to buy weapons,
Usman said in a statement.
Others were found to have played partisan roles
in the 2015 elections in the south of the country
that favored former President Goodluck
Jonathan. He lost to former military dictator
Muhammadu Buhari, who made fighting endemic
corruption and Boko Haram a cornerstone of his
campaign.
Usman did not name those fired.
Among officers on trial for corruption are two
former chiefs of defense staff. The more recent
chief, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, is in court for
allegedly stealing some $20 million to build a
shopping mall and buy other property in Abuja,
the capital.
Also on trial is the former national security
adviser, retired Col. Sambo Dasuki, who said he
diverted $2.1 billion on Jonathan’s orders to bribe
officials to win Jonathan his party’s presidential
nomination. The entire annual military budget is
about $6 billion.
Buhari blamed corruption for failures to curb
Boko Haram and blamed those involved for the
deaths of an unknown number of civilians and
troops in the uprising that has killed more than
20,000 in six years.




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Corruption has it roots in the military not just in d past administration rite from d military days of governance....
Any award for FTC?