‘I have no link with detained fraudster’
Former military Head of State, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, has said that the person who was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for a N20m scam and claimed to be his adopted son was not his son.
The former Head of State said that he had no need to adopt any son as God had blessed him with both male and female children.
The disclaimer by Buhari was contained in a statement issued on his behalf by the Chairman of the Buhari Vanguard, Jasper Azuatalam, on Monday.
“Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) wishes to state categorically that he does not have any adopted son called “Muhammed Buhari” and had no need to adopt a son at any time having been blessed with choice children, both male and female.
“Muhammadu Buhari and his family do not know the said “Muhammed Buhari” who is alleged to be involved in a N20m scam and is being held by the EFCC as reported.”
Azuatalam urged Nigerians to ignore the report saying Buhari and his family would continue to set high standards for others to emulate.
He described the story as an attempt by mischief makers to smear the image of the former military leader adding that it was not enough to link the former Head of State with the arrest just because the person involved answers the name ‘Buhari.’
“Muhammadu Buhari is blessed with very decent and disciplined children who obviously took after their father. His children have no single record of stealing and inordinate behaviour anywhere in the world. They do not seek attention, but have proven the stuff their father is made of any time their character is put to test,” he added.
It would be recalled that the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had claimed to have arrested one Mohammed Buhari, an adopted son of a former Head of State for an alleged N20m scam.
The young Buhari, according to the EFCC, obtained the said N20m from one Nwokocha Florence to invest in an oil and gas business with a promise to make mouthwatering returns of 30 per cent annual interest on the N20m.
It was gathered that the relationship between the two turned sour when ‘Buhari’ reneged on the agreement to pay the 30 per cent annual interest on the N20m to the investor said to have been introduced to him by his accounts officer at ECO Bank.
It was leant that once the money was transferred, Buhari cleaned out the account but never paid any interest to the woman, only to later claimed that he had some problems which emanated from his lost of the bank’s guarantee which he secured from a new generation bank.
He was said to have explained that the guarantee was cancelled because the bank felt that the branch from which he secured it lacked the competence to give it.
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