The Presidency, Saturday claimed that
President Muhammadu Buhari was badly
treated by some military hierarchy when
Goodluck Jonathan was in power. The Senior Special Assistant on Media
and Publicity to the President, Mr. Garba
Shehu, who made this disclosure via a
Facebook post, described the military’s
action as shameless. Before the March 28 presidential
election, the Nigerian military claimed
that it did not have the record of
President Buhari’s West African
Examination Council result. Reacting to online criticisms against
Buhari for receiving some vehicles from
the embattled ex-National Security
Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, Shehu stated
that the President was entitled to what
he received. “Cars are just a few in a litany of
entitlements written in that law, although
it is contestable to say that General
Buhari had been given his due
entitlements by successive
administrations as provided thereunder. Regime after regime treated him as if he
was not a former Head of State. “The military in particular treated him so
badly that its leaders kept silent when
the PDP charged that he didn’t have
WAEC papers. One shameless Army
Records officer said the former Head of
State had no records at all under their system. “It was at this time that the Chief of Army
Staff (at that time) thought it necessary
to reinstate the armed convoy to protect
him. When they brought the two cars
within a few days of his being bombed,
the staff of the General were merely informed that this was from the Federal
Government in fulfillment of its obligation
to him,” he said
