The Cars Buhari Got From Past Govt Were Part Of His Dues As Former Head Of State - Femi Adesina Clears Air

Posted by Samuel on Tue 22nd Dec, 2015 - tori.ng

President Buhari's Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has cleared the air on the alleged link between the president and the Dasuki arms deal scandal.

President Muhammadu Buhari and Femi Adesina

Femi Adesina who spoke in a recent interview with Radio Continental 102.3 FM, gave more insight into the 2 SUVs Buhari received from the past administration after the Boko Haram attack on his convoy last year. According to Adesina, there is no basis for linking Buhari to the Dasuki arms deal scandal

He said: "Maybe there is an attempt to just tar everybody in the country with the brush of corruption, and that is not necessary, because this is our country and it belongs to all of us. We don’t have an alternate country.

"What happened was that suddenly out of the blues, we began to hear that Gen. Buhari, while not yet elected President, collected five SUVs and the sum of $300,000 from the security funds.

"I then checked up and what I was told was that prior to the Boko Haram attack of July last year, President Buhari never got anything from any government though the Gen.

"Abdulsalami Abubakar regime had enacted a decree that spelt out what former heads of state were entitled to, and that decree specifically says they are entitled to three vehicles from the federal government, which should be replaced every four years. He never got any.

"And then came the Boko Haram attack of July 2014, which by the grace of God, he survived. One day, two vehicles were just driven to his office in Kaduna, Land Cruiser SUVs, one armoured and the other not armoured, and they said it was from the Federal Government. Of course, It was part of his dues as a former Head of state, and he collected. No cash component, nothing else"