past administration led by Goodluck Jonathan, noting that, he only
received SUVs from the government it labelled as a "discredited
regime".
Buhari stated that he received the SUVs because it was in line with
the constitution.
Read full statement below:
Our attention has been drawn to reports making the rounds, especially
on internet-based media, that President Muhammadu Buhari received
$300,000.00 and up to five armoured SUVs from the Office of the
National Security Adviser in the aftermath of the attack on his convoy
in Kaduna last year.
We unequivocally deny that President Buhari received $300,000.00 or
any monetary compensation whatsoever from the Jonathan Presidency or
any of its officials, in the aftermath of that attack, or at any other
time since then.
While it is true that one armoured SUV and one untreated SUV were sent
to the President in the aftermath of the attack, the vehicles were in
keeping with his entitlements as a former Head of State under the
Remuneration of Former Presidents and Heads of State (And other
Ancillary Matters) Decree of 1999.
Section 3, Sub Section 1 of that Decree provides that three vehicles
will be provided for former heads of state and replaced every four
years.
There was therefore nothing untoward, illegal or tending to corruption
in former Head of State Buhari and Presidential aspirant, as he then
was, receiving vehicles, to which he was statutorily entitled , from
the Federal Government of Nigeria.
President Buhari had in keeping with his austere, spartan and frugal
disposition shunned most of his entitlements as a former Head of
State, but was prevailed upon by his supporters to accept the two
vehicles for his personal safety in the aftermath of the dastardly
attempt to assassinate him.
It is preposterous to think that the President will allow his
acclaimed reputation of honesty and incorruptibility to be tarnished
by accepting a questionable monetary compensation from a discredited
regime.
--PMNews
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