The $1.5 million Dubai assets of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, were declared in the name of his wife, the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) says.
According to The Nation, the CCB made this known in a July 11 letter from one Ijeanuli Arinze Ofor, to Ugochukwu Osuagwu of St. Francis Xavier Solicitors and Advocates in Abuja.
Relying on Section 1 and 4 of the Freedom of Information Act 2011, Osuagwu had requested information on the controversial property of Buratai.
The CCB said, “We refer to your mail dated Jun 29, 2016. We wish to state here that Gen. Tukar Yusuf Buratai, after his appointment as the Chief of Army Staff, declared his assets as required by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“He was served the Form CCB-I on July 21, 2015, and returned same on August 21, 2015.
“We also wish to confirm that his property at Dubai was declared in the wife’s name. Please, accept the warmest regards of the chairman.”
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