President Muhammadu Buhari will order an
investigation into contracts involving the
procurement of weapons for the military under the
Goodluck Jonathan administratio .

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on
Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this
while featuring on a Channels Television programme,
Politics Today, on Sunday evenin
Shehu spoke a few days after the immediate past
Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh, said he led a
military that was ill-equipped.

A former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo
Dasuki (retd.), had also said while some weapons and
equipment procured by the administration of former
President Goodluck Jonathan were used to fight
insurgency during the latter days of his tenure, some
others were still being awaited.

The presidential spokesman said Buhari was
interested in taking stock of every naira that left the
national treasury and for what purpose.
He said Nigerians were aware that books were
already being checked and the exercise was not
limited to the oil sector.

He said, “The President is interested in every penny
that leaves the Nigeria’s treasury.

“As you are aware, records are being checked right
now, not only in the oil sector, but also in the various
departments of g overnment.

“So, Mr. President is really interested in what has
happened to the equipment that have supposedly
been bought and supplied, some of which might be
there on the ground or might not be.

“Only a thorough audit will actually reveal this. The
disclosure has been made about substandard
(equipment) in the Nigeria’s fight against Boko
Haram.”

Shehu reiterated Buhari’s desire to urgently end the
activities of the Boko Haram sect.
While saying that normalcy is gradually being
restored, the presidential spokesman noted that
there is currently no territory in the control of Boko
Haram.

“The insurgents have been degraded. They are in
disarray without a central command and
coordination,” he declared.

Shehu said the President would not send troops to
the warfront without ensuring that they are properly
equipped and taken care of.

“Just on Friday, at the National Defence College, Mr.
President was committing himself to the fact that our
military will be well taken care of in terms of their
welfare, in terms of their equipment and in terms of
the motivation they need to confront these
insurgents.

“We are already beginning to see the fruits of this
because as we speak right now, Boko Haram is in
disarray.

“And what we are witnessing now; that is, occasional
bombings and suicide attacks, characterise only one
thing globally. And that is that, the dying days of the
insurgency. It’s just a matter of time, we’ll get there,”
he said.

Source: PunchNg