₦airaland Forum

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has
urged President Muhammadu Buhari to stop
acting like the grandfather of corruption in
Nigeria by shielding his men from probe.
This is just as he asked Nigerians to demand the
release of the authentic report of the
Committee on Audit of Defence Equipment
Procurement in the Nigerian Armed Forces.
He described claim by the federal government
that the probe panel only looked into
procurement and contracts awarded by the
military between 2011-2015 because documents
regarding procurement from 2007 to 2010 were
not available as a clear indication of his support
for corruption.
In a statement issued on Sunday by his Special
Assistant on Public Communications and New
Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose said “it is
now obvious to the entire world that anyone
that is in President Buhari’s good books can
never be adjudged as corrupt even if such a
person is caught looting the entire money in
Nigeria’s treasury.”
The governor said it smacked of sheer hypocrisy
and nepotism for anyone to accept that fraud
could have been perpetrated on procurement
and award of contracts in an establishment
without the involvement of the director of
procurement.
“There are many petitions relating to the
defence from 2007 that are being discarded, the
question is why? There are several petitions
against APC leaders that are not being looked
into, the question is why?
“Fghting corruption and targeting only
opponents of the president is in itself
corruption,” he said.
He said; “Buhari’s’ Minister of Interior, Major
General Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd) was
Chief of Army Staff between 2008 and 2010 and
the current Chief Of Army Staff, Major General
Tukur Buratai served as Director of
Procurements, Defence Headquarters, from
2012 till May 2015.
“It is a fact that the committee in its terms of
reference said it queried all procurement from
2007 to 2015. Even the Press Release issued was
titled; ‘Third Interim Report of the Presidential
Committee on Audit of Defence Equipment
Procurement from 2007 to 2015.’
“First paragraph of the committee report also
indicated that it used 2007-2015 as reference,
stating that the committee ‘analysed
procurement contracts awarded by or for the
Nigerian Army between 2007 and 2015.’
“Questions Nigerians must now begin to ask
President Buhari and his government are:
where is the report of Presidential Committee
on Audit of Defence Equipment Procurement
relating to 2007 to 2010? Who doctored the
committee report and why?
“Lai Mohammed said the Committee would
commence the audit of procurement from 2007
to 2010 ‘as soon as the necessary documents
are available’, it is necessary that Nigerians are
told who the custodians of the documents are.
Why were documents on procurement from
2011 and 2015 available and those of 2007 to
2010 not available?
“Early this year, we were told that an ally of
President Buhari and chieftain of the APC, Brig.
General Jafaru Isa (rtd) refunded N100 million
of the N170 million he allegedly received from
ex-NSA, Sambo Dasuki.
“Jafaru Isa who was a member of the 19-man
Buhari Transition Committee was released after
he was allegedly assisted by the Presidency to
refund N100 million to the anti-graft
commission and since then, nothing has been
heard about the case. He was not charged to
court like others.
“It took the Ministry of Defence and ths Code of
Conduct Bureau only one week to clear Buratai
but others from the opposition party would be
languishing in prison while EFCC go about
fishing for evidence against them.
“Like I and other well-meaning Nigerians have
maintained, fighting corruption is a good idea
but the moment documents of probe panels
and being doctored to shield those seen as the
President’s men, the entire purpose of the
corruption fight has been defeated.
“The international community must therefore
prevail on President Buhari to stop acting like
the grandfather of corruption in Nigeria by
making the anti-corruption war all-inclusive
instead of this clear persecution of his perceived
political enemies, and the first step to
demonstrate that will be the immediate release
of report of the Presidential Committee on
Audit of Defence Equipment Procurement
covering 2007 to 2015. dailypost.ng/2016/07/17/buhari-stop-acting-like-grandfather-corruption-fayose/

Truth is bitter, but a fool will say don't convince me with the truth because I have made up my mind. Expect more per(prosecution) from the Presidency. Omo to ni ki mama ohun ma sun, ko ni f'oju b'orun.

If not for anything, one needs to admire Fayose's resilience.

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sinistermind:
If not for anything, one needs to admire Fayose's resilience.

No doubt. But he should learn to keep quiet and allow PMB to his thing. He iss talking asif he is the best governor. Even during OBJ and Jagaban regime they wer not this loud abeg.

sinistermind:
If not for anything, one needs to admire Fayose's resilience.

The resilience of a thief when you catch him stealing meats from the pot and he tells you he is tasting the meat to check if it is salty. Fayose's attitude is known as "Ogboju".

Fayose...