EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Major-General On Trial By Court-Martial Narrates How Ex-Army Chief, Buratai Granted 75% Discount To Aisha Buhari’s Family, Other VIPs To Buy Houses From Army Property Firm

SaharaReporters on Monday reported that the Nigerian Navy averted journalists from overlaying the trial of Maj. Gen. Mohammed by court-martial despite claiming that it became an delivery trial.

The continuing trial of Maj. Gen. U.M Mohammed by court-martial within the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, for fraud and money laundering has opened a new can of worms as the senior military officer narrated how a broken-down Chief of Navy Team, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd.) allowed the sale of properties by the Nigerian Navy Properties Runt (NAPL) to politicians and Very Most essential Personalities (VIPs) at a ridiculous 75 per cent low cost.

Mohammed is a broken-down ally of Buratai, who spent five years and five months in build of job, and became the Community Managing Director of NAPL. He printed all the design by design of his depraved-examination that the allocation of properties to civilians by NAPL followed a directive from Buratai.

SaharaReporters learnt from top sources on the court-martial that the embattled Main-General extra printed that the VIPs and politicians are family and friends of the First Girl, Aisha Buhari (President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife), who had been weak as beneficiaries, to rep the properties on her behalf as a present from Buratai.

SaharaReporters on Monday reported that the Nigerian Navy averted journalists from overlaying the trial of Maj. Gen. Mohammed by court-martial despite claiming that it became an delivery trial.

On Friday, SaharaReporters furthermore reported that the Nigerian Navy became secretly detaining Mohammed after exposing how he laundered funds for Buratai.

This comes despite claims made by the Navy headquarters on Sunday by design of Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, Director of Navy Public Family members, that the trial “is held within the delivery” and “no longer shrouded in secrecy”.

In the intervening time, from the memoir of a source privy to the court cases, it became printed that “all the design by design of a old court martial sitting that took build currently, Main General AA Adesope a broken-down Community Managing Director (GMD) of Nigerian Navy Properties Runt (NAPL), who spoke as a observe of the Nigerian Navy, testified that he spent handiest 41 days as the GMD of NAPL.”

In conserving with Adesope, he became posted out of NAPL attributable to he made a report of misappropriation and allocation of properties made to civilians who sold properties with a low cost of 75%.

But all the design by design of depraved-examination, Maj. Gen. Mohammed, in his defence, testified that the allocation of properties to civilians became a directive from Buratai. Mohammed mentioned Buratai directed the issuance of allocation of properties to some VVIPs and politicians at a low cost of 75%.

Mohammed became quoted to contain mentioned, “On March 19, Buratai directed one Lt. Col. Christy to build price for the properties allocated to the VVIPs and politicians to Score admission to Monetary institution with memoir title FCCNAPL and memoir number 0769911478.”

He continued, “When Adesope took over NAPL and discovered out relating to the allocation to the civilians and 75% low cost, he fleet made a report to Lt. Gen. Buratai (Rtd), accusing me of misappropriation with out reaching out to me for verification.  

“Gen. Buratai now known as me to be taught the formulation Adesope obtained to know relating to the allocation and low cost, I told him it became captured within the gross sales records handed over to Adesope. Buratai turned so frustrated and ordered his posting out as GMD, that became why Adesope spent handiest 41 days in NAPL.”

A senior military source added, “From our investigations, the VVIPs and politicians are family and friends of Aisha Buhari who had been weak as beneficiaries, to rep the properties on her behalf as a present from Gen. Buratai.”

BACKGROUND

SaharaReporters had reported that Maj. Gen. Mohammed, until his arrest and secret detention within the past year, became responsible of NAPL.

Sources had told SaharaReporters that Mohammed became being punished on the behest of Buratai with whom he became all in favour of illegalities and shady dealings, conducted on the orders of the broken-down Navy chief while he became in build of job.

Because the officer responsible of NAPL, Mohammed controlled military properties within the future of the nation.

SaharaReporters had reported that while being court-martialled, Mohammed, who had been arrested and held in secret detention since January 2022, confessed that Buratai requested him to pay $730,000 to assemble Saudi Arabia citizenship for him (Buratai) to evade justice for the atrocities committed by the military while he became the manager of employees.

In the intervening time, the court-martial has been going on secretly since September 2022.

Assessments by SaharaReporters printed that he became first and well-known arrested for “terrorism financing” to duvet up for the correct goal within the abet of his ordeal.

Sources furthermore told SaharaReporters that Mohammed told the special court that on the orders of Buratai, he furthermore launched funds for journeys for the simpler halves of the broken-down Navy chief and some military activities esteem the movement of oldsters when Buhari opened the Nigerian Navy University in Biu, Borno Roar.

It became learnt that Buratai furthermore instructed Mohammed to pay great sums of cash to some Muslim clerics “praying for Buratai’s administration” as Chief of Navy Team on the time.

Even handed one of the significant sources mentioned, “As an instance, the final one he gave evidence and here’s in evidence in court that about $700,000 became weak. He (Buratai) instructed him to course of a Saudi Arabia location allow for him.

“And he became furthermore told to delivery money to fund the journeys of his better halves and furthermore fund some military activities esteem the movement of oldsters when Buhari opened some things in Biu – the Navy University and some military activities. That became the build he became directing that funds must be launched.

“He furthermore gave evidence of how several thousands of bucks he became ordered to delivery to some mallams (Islamic clerics) whom he mentioned had been praying for his administration. They had been the ones that will censor any activities that he became going to undertake.

“As an instance, the appointment of some persons or posting of some military officers; these ones whose names will most definitely be submitted to the mallams to uncover within the spirit whether they’ll be staunch or no longer. So these items had been funded in many of of thousands of bucks, he gave this in evidence.

“And then besides several international journeys, he would inquire of the man to give out money. This spirited several Generals, even some who had been sitting as members of the panel. They furthermore benefited from just a few of the international journeys. They had been paid many of of thousands in estacodes.”

On why Mohammed did not order no to distinct things as the MD of NAPL, with out a doubt one of the significant sources mentioned, “If handiest you admire how the military operates; that would quantity to insubordination.

“If your boss asks you to quit one thing after which you order no, that is insubordination and that became the goal why he weak NAPL to fund deepest and legit activities within the military.”

One more source mentioned, “In one, Mohammed told us how over N26 million became launched to compose piggery. What they had been doing became directing him to delivery money. Mind you, they’d call him while he became silent serving as the MD of NAPL and a military officer.

“You admire, within the military, orders are given orally and you quit no longer disobey it. He (Buratai) would call him and inquire of him to delivery a particular quantity of cash. So that is how he became giving instructions and money became being launched.”

Final Friday, SaharaReporters reported that Mohammed became in dejected health and had spent one week within the intensive care unit of the NAOWA sanatorium in Abuja.

In conserving with sources, the Navy authorities had restricted public entry and any originate of visitation to the final.

It became learnt that Mohammed who hails from Niger declare is senior to the current Chief of Navy Team, Lt. Gen. Faruk Yahaya, having been section of 36 Fashioned Route of the Nigerian Navy.

Sources printed that on the total Mohammed must contain retired two years within the past, adding that thanks to the arrangement of the military authorities to punish him, “the military authorities refused to retire him, as a change saved him in detention.”

“He became arrested in January 2022 and detained on the Nigerian Navy military police guardroom in Abuja.”

Sources furthermore told SaharaReporters that Mohammed had agreed to uncover Buratai when the dreary Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru turned the Chief of Navy Team.

Unfortunately, sooner than he might per chance per chance furthermore “spill the beans, Attahiru died below tragic conditions in a airplane break in Kaduna,” with out a doubt one of the significant sources mentioned. “The airplane became a twin-engine airplane which became no longer comely for his corrupt.”

But while being court-martialled, with out a doubt one of the significant sources mentioned Mohammed had “already printed to the military that since 2019, Buratai has weak his build to amass properties for politicians alongside side the First Girl, Aisha Buhari and furthermore weak the NAPL to fund President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 presidential marketing and marketing campaign”.

Confirming SaharaReporters’ report, Nwachukwu mentioned, “It is factual that Maj Gen UM Mohammed must contain proceeded on retirement, on the other hand, provisions of the Armed Forces Act (particularly Portion 169) permits the retention in carrier of such personnel, who has pending disciplinary case(s) to allow extant loyal processes.

“Furthermore, it is furthermore a truth that members of the Special Courtroom Martial making an are attempting Maj Gen Mohammed are all junior to him. That is permissible in special conditions, as the Armed Forces Act provides for this contingency in Portion 133(7), the build the Convening Officer is required to assemble the consent of an relevant superior to nominate the kind of officers as members of the court.”