Fayose cautions Buhari over probe of military chiefs, says "$2.1bn arms deal is a scam"
Read the press statement from Ekiti state
government below...
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose
has advised President Mohammadu
Buhari on his order for 18 Military
Generals to be probed by the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) over alleged involvement in the
$2.1 billion arms deal.
Governor Fayose, who reacted to the
president order for the 18 serving and retired
military chiefs to appear before the EFCC from
Monday, through his Special Assistant on
Public Communications and New Media, Lere
Olayinka, said the military officers ought to
have been probed in accordance with the
armed forces rules of engagement.
The governor, who reiterated his support for
the fight against corruption, said "the $2.1
billion arms deal is a scam because all that
they are just doing is to brandish figures to
deceive Nigerians and demonized the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) and those opposed to
his dictatorship in the All Progressive
Congress (APC). Till today, the amount they
have charged people for stealing is not up to
N10 billion and $2.1 billion they claimed was
stolen is about N600 billion.
"The president must let Nigerians see where
the arms deal is in the 2015 Budget and
publish details of the imaginary $2.1 billion
scam. Also, the President must tell Nigerians
how his friend, Jafaru Isa was able to return
N100 million to the EFCC within three days
because there are insinuations that the N100
million refunded came from the Presidency."
He said it was strange for serving military
generals to be interrogated by junior police
officers, adding that; "The president should
not act in a way that he will be perceived as
ridiculing the armed forces."
He said; "Even though I am not a military
officer, but I know that there is what us called
orderly room trial or court martial, which
military men who erred in the performance of
their duties are made to go through. It is until
they are found guilty and probably dismissed
that they are made to face court trial.
"In this case, how does it feel for a serving
Military General to be interrogated by an
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP)? "I
think we should not destroy our democratic
institutions, especially the judiciary and the
armed forces because we are fighting
corruption. "Already, the President has
ridiculed the judiciary by disobeying the courts
and coming on television to say that orders
oyf the court do not hold waters. He is also
destroying the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) by turning it to
commission for inconclusive elections. He
should not ridicule the military, and men of
goodwill should advise the President to thread
cautiously.
"Also, the international community, especially
the United States, United Kingdom and the
United Nations should caution the President
against actions capable of bringing down
institutions of government under the guise of
fighting corruption."
Read the press statement from Ekiti state
government below...
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose
has advised President Mohammadu
Buhari on his order for 18 Military
Generals to be probed by the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) over alleged involvement in the
$2.1 billion arms deal.
Governor Fayose, who reacted to the
president order for the 18 serving and retired
military chiefs to appear before the EFCC from
Monday, through his Special Assistant on
Public Communications and New Media, Lere
Olayinka, said the military officers ought to
have been probed in accordance with the
armed forces rules of engagement.
The governor, who reiterated his support for
the fight against corruption, said "the $2.1
billion arms deal is a scam because all that
they are just doing is to brandish figures to
deceive Nigerians and demonized the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) and those opposed to
his dictatorship in the All Progressive
Congress (APC). Till today, the amount they
have charged people for stealing is not up to
N10 billion and $2.1 billion they claimed was
stolen is about N600 billion.
"The president must let Nigerians see where
the arms deal is in the 2015 Budget and
publish details of the imaginary $2.1 billion
scam. Also, the President must tell Nigerians
how his friend, Jafaru Isa was able to return
N100 million to the EFCC within three days
because there are insinuations that the N100
million refunded came from the Presidency."
He said it was strange for serving military
generals to be interrogated by junior police
officers, adding that; "The president should
not act in a way that he will be perceived as
ridiculing the armed forces."
He said; "Even though I am not a military
officer, but I know that there is what us called
orderly room trial or court martial, which
military men who erred in the performance of
their duties are made to go through. It is until
they are found guilty and probably dismissed
that they are made to face court trial.
"In this case, how does it feel for a serving
Military General to be interrogated by an
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP)? "I
think we should not destroy our democratic
institutions, especially the judiciary and the
armed forces because we are fighting
corruption. "Already, the President has
ridiculed the judiciary by disobeying the courts
and coming on television to say that orders
oyf the court do not hold waters. He is also
destroying the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) by turning it to
commission for inconclusive elections. He
should not ridicule the military, and men of
goodwill should advise the President to thread
cautiously.
"Also, the international community, especially
the United States, United Kingdom and the
United Nations should caution the President
against actions capable of bringing down
institutions of government under the guise of
fighting corruption."
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