He said this while citing reports that the Federal Government is protecting some powerful ex-Generals from the arms purchase probe.
Fayose also alleged that anyone close to Buhari cannot be probed even if the person looted funds.
The Ekiti Governor in a statement issued by his New Media Aide, Lere Olayinka said “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.
“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."
Adding that “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."
The Ekiti Governor also said “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.”
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has allegedly seized six properties in Lagos and Abuja belonging Governor Ayo Fayose.
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