By Ifreke Inyang The immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (rtd), has admitted that the President gave him an a...
By Ifreke Inyang
The immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur
Buratai (rtd), has admitted that the President gave him an appointment, because
of the relationship between his father and Buhari.
Buratai stated this during a gala night organized by the
29th Regular Course Association in Abuja.
The event was to honour the ex-Army Chief as the
longest-serving COAS.
According to him, his appointment in July 2015 was a prize
for the loyalty of his father, Yusuf Buratai, to Buhari.
Buratai’s father was a non-commissioned officer in the Royal
West African Frontier Force and a World War II veteran who fought in Burma.
Buratai said, “My father was an ardent lover of the
President and my appointment as COAS, therefore, was a price or reward for that
gesture by the President.
“Of course, and as you have been told severally, we (the
President and I) met in Njemena and he saw me and felt I was the right person
to be COAS at that very crucial and critical moment of our history.
“And I am happy that we have discharged our responsibilities
diligently, professionally and loyally, and I will continue to discharge my
responsibilities to him and of course to our country and our people.”
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