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Two former Chiefs of Army Staff Lt.-Gen. Azubike Ihejirika and Lt.-Gen. Kenneth
Minimah,are the newest preys cut in the web of President Buhari's anti-corruption war.
The president has ordered for their probe for allegedly awarding contracts to incompetent vendors without following due process.
A
panel investigating Defence equipment procurement between 2007 and 2015 said it
uncovered massive fraud in Army contracts.
The
Committee on Audit of Defence Equipment Procurement (CADEP), headed by Air vice
Marshal Jon Ode, which submitted its third interim report to President Muhamadu
Buhari last week, recommended further investigations, which the president has
approved.
To
be investigated are two former Chiefs of Army Staff – Lt.-Gen. Azubike
Ihejirika and Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Minimah.
Sixteen
other retired and serving army officers are also to be probed, besides 12 serving
and retired public officials and 24 Chief Executive Officers of companies
involved in the procurement of equipment.
They are: former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (II),
Dr Nurudeen Mohammed and three former permanent secretaries in the Ministry of
Defence – Mr. Bukar Goni Aji, Mr. Haruna Sanusi and Mr. E.O, Oyemomi.
The CEOs to be investigated include Col. Olu Bamgbose (retd.)
of Bamverde Ltd; Mr. Amity Sade of Doiyatec Comms Ltd and DYI Global Services
and Mr. Edward Churchill of Westgate Global Trust Ltd.
A statement by the Committee gave the total amount spent on
procurement and operations within the period as N185,843,052,564.30 and
$685,349,692.49.
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