The Special
Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu,
has said that anyone who claims that the President received pensions from the
army should face “criminal investigation.”
Garba said
this on Wednesday, claiming that the President did not receive pension or cars
from the army, as did former commanders-in-chief.
“After his
overthrow, they didn’t remember him, even in the annual distribution of diaries
or calendars. Since his overthrow as military ruler, the army did not institute
a pension for him,” Garba said.
He added that
the President stopped collecting “allowances that are usually paid to former
heads of state” the moment he took office as elected President last year.
“This is
verifiable from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the
Federation,” he said; adding that, “If anyone is laying his/her hand on any
such payment, they should face criminal investigation.”
He said though
the army was known to supply cars to former heads of the army, Buhari did not
get any.
“On the other
hand, there is a directorate in the SGF’s office paying allowances to all
ex-heads of state. This is not pension. And President Buhari stopped collecting
this from last year.
“The cars he
got came from the former President through the ONSA. This was after the bomb
attack on his convoy in Kaduna.
“Before this
time, the Presidency did not supply cars to him as they did to the former heads
of state,” Garba said.
Source:
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