Nigerian Government Claims It Didn't Doctor Military Probe Report To Spare Interior Minister Dambazau
Nigeria's Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, today issued another announcement denying that the Federal government had doctored a report of the Presidential Committee On Audit of Defense Equipment Procurement
Nigeria's Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, today issued another announcement denying that the Federal government had doctored a report of the Presidential Committee On Audit of Defense Equipment Procurement. An investigative report by us had uncovered yesterday that authorities of President Muhammadu Buhari's organization had modified parts of the presidential board of trustees' report keeping in mind the end goal to expel the name of Nigeria's present Internal Affairs Minister, Lieutenant-General Abdulrahman Dambazau (ret.), from a rundown of security faculty ensnared in demonstrations of theft of open assets.
SaharaReporters remains by its report.
In an announcement issued by an ecclesiastical assistant, Segun Adeyemi, the Information Minister asserted that what has been discharged so far was the report of the review covering the period 2011 to 2015, including that the Committee would begin the review of obtainment from 2007 to 2010 when the important records were available."When the archives with respect to acquirement from 2007 to 2010 are accessible and examined, the board will then issue its report on that. The review is being done [in] stages, and the report that was discharged on Thursday is the third of such," the Minister said.
Mr. Mohammed's announcement likewise proclaimed that the administration's hostile to debasement strategy was non-unfair, encouraging Nigerians to keep a receptive outlook.
Nonetheless, our military and Presidency sources punched openings in Mr. Mohammed's claim that the report of the presidential panel that examined military acquisition contracts had not secured the period Mr. Dambazau was Chief of Army Staff (COAS) between 2007-2010. They noticed that the presidential advisory group's report issued yesterday incorporated some sketchy hardware acquisition bargains struck amid the time of Mr. Dambazau's arrangement as Chief of Army Staff. Furthermore, the advisory group's report did not demonstrate that another between time report was being anticipated.
A source inside the Presidency affirmed that yesterday's report to be sure secured the residence of the disputable Mr. Dambazau as COAS. "Alhaji Lai Mohammed assert that the examination did not cover 2007-2010 is not valid," the source expressed, including that the pastor's case was an urgent push to cover the humiliation that Mr. Dambazau's name had been avoided.
Our source, who is entirely proficient about the board of trustees' report, approved our attestation that the test board's report discharged yesterday had been severely doctored. "The board of trustees has unmistakably finished up its work. What's more, they prosecuted Dambazau," our source said.
The source additionally told SaharaReporters that the presidential advisory group found that, as COAS, Mr. Dambazau stole, in any event, N1 billion from officers' pay rates. What's more, the advisory group likewise supposedly blamed the resigned Army general for purchasing a property in Boston, which he hastily exchanged to his significant other as the test focused in on his budgetary arrangements.
Our source likewise noticed that the presidential board of trustees had incorporated the name of one Maisudan Bello Mohammed who is CEO Dalfam Nigeria Limited. "Alhaji Maisudan is an in-law of General Dambazau and completed some resistance contracts channeled to him by General Dambazau," our source said.
The following is the content of Mr. Lai Mohammed's public statement:
Arms Scandal Report Not Doctored - FG
The Federal Government has said there is no truth in the implication that the report of the Presidential Committee on the Audit of Defense Equipment Procurement in the Armed Forces (2007-2015) was doctored for whatever reason.In an announcement issued in Abuja on Friday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said what has been discharged so far is the report of the review covering the period 2011 to 2015, including that the Committee would initiate the review of acquirement from 2007 to 2010 when the important records are accessible.
"At the point when the archives with respect to acquisition from 2007 to 2010 are accessible and examined, the board of trustees will then issue its report on that. The review is being done on stages, and the report that was discharged on Thursday is the third of such," the Minister said.
He guaranteed that the Federal Government's hostile to defilement battle is non-oppressive, and approached Nigerians to keep a receptive outlook as occasions unfurl.
"Nobody ought to endeavor to divert from the reality of the issues required in this review of barrier hardware acquirement. It is imperative to note that despite the fact that the aggregate sum spent for acquirement and operations inside the period were N185,843,052,564.30 and $685,349,692.49, the abnormalities in the honors guaranteed that the military did not get esteem for cash, with intense outcomes," the Minister said.
Marked by
Segun Adeyemi
Uncommon Assistant to Minister of Information and Culture
Abuja
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