We can't keep quiet about arms procurement scam - Buhari

The misappropriation of funds meant to purchase weapons for the armed forces is an abuse trust.

That is what President Muhammadu Buhari said on Wednesday at the old Banquet Hall of the State House in Abuja during a dinner for members of the House of Representatives.

Buhari expressed disappointment that certain people worked against the defeat of Boko Haram by failing to procure the necessary equipment which the funds were meant for.

“Unfortunately for us as a people, we uncovered that billions of Naira and hundreds of millions of dollars were expended by the previous government to acquire good equipment and ammunition so that the military can use, but unfortunately, there was abuse of trust at various levels that cost Nigeria a lot of lives and goodwill.

“We cannot keep quiet about it and facts are coming out gradually. It is very unfortunate. It is a known fact that Nigeria earned its respect from Burma to Zaire to Liberia to Sierra Leone. But it reached a stage where the Nigerian military could not secure 14 local governments out of the 774 local governments.

“As I have always said, how has the mighty fallen? We are doing our best and I hope our best will be good enough,” he said.