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<\/p>\nA group known as Save The Nation Movement (STNM) wants General Tukur
Buratai, chief of army staff, to be included in the ongoing probe of abuse
of funds meant for the procurement of arms for the military.<\/p>\n
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Only last week, President Muhammadu Buhari directed the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate some serving and retired
military officers over procurement of Arms for the Military.<\/p>\n
However, the group wondered why Buratai, who was said to be the director
of procurement between 2012 and 2015, was excluded.<\/p>\n
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2012, a position he held until May 2015 that he was appointed force
commander of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MJTNF), an appointment he
held till he became chief of army staff,\u201d Steven Chilaka, national
secretary of the movement, said in a statement issued on Sunday<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n
military between 2012 and May 2015 passed through his office. Our question
is; how can you probe procurement of arms within this period without the
involvement of Major General Buratai, the man who was the director of
procurement?<\/p>\n
Force were said to have been indicted.<\/p>\n
Buratai? Or Could procurements have been made without his involvement
during the period that he was Director of Procurement?<\/p>\n
against corruption is also selective against the military as it already
appears to be against the political class and the president must look into
this obvious case of selective probe as a matter of urgency.\u201d<\/p>\n