EXCLUSIVE: How Ex-Army Chief Buratai Used Nigerian Army Property Firm To Obtain Saudi Citizenship; Major General In Charge Secretly Detained For One Year To Cover Up His Money Laundering SchemesSaharaReporters gathered that Maj. Gen. Mohammed, until his arrest and secret detention for the last one year, was in charge of the Nigerian Army Property Limited .
“The officer who controls army properties all over Nigeria said in his court-marshal hearing being secretly held since September 2022 that Buratai asked him to pay $730,000 to obtain Saudi Arabia citizenship to avoid being sent to the International Criminal Court upon expiration of his ambassadorial posting to Benin Republic,” one of the sources said.
Sources revealed that normally General Mohammed ought to have retired two years ago, adding that because of the intention of the army authorities to punish him,"the army authorities refused to retire him, instead kept him in detention." But while being court-martialled, one of the sources said Mohammed has “already revealed to the army that since 2019, Buratai has used his position to buy properties for politicians including the First Lady, Aisha Buhari and also used the NAPL to fund President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 presidential campaign”.