A former Chief of Army Staff, (COAS),Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai (rtd.) has secured a court order through his proxy to recover funds and other items seized from him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC).
Recall that in June 2022, there were reports on how the ICPC recovered funds (including foreign currencies) from a house registered to someone fronting for Buratai, (who was Nigeria’s COAS between 2015 and 2021), a military contractor and Managing Director of K Salam Construction Company Nigeria Limited, Kabiru Sallau.
The suit was filed by Buratais proxy, Sallau at the Federal High Court, Abuja.
However, the Commission, in a statement, later said it recovered money and other items “from the property, i.e. N175,706,500; $220,965; G-Wagon; 2022 editions of BMW and Mercedes Benz cars; customized mobile phones; several designer wrist watches, including three Rolexes, and some property documents”.
On Tuesday a source disclosed to newsmen that Buratai has got a court order through his proxy to get seized properties returned to him from ICPC.
Buratai, who owned up to purchasing the two properties in Dubai, however, claimed that he amassed his wealth through personal savings and not ill-gotten gains.
He added that he made a lot of money from his snake farm along Keffi-Abuja Highway in Nasarawa State, just 50 kilometres from the nations capital.
