The final report of President Muhammadu Buhari’s probe panel, tagged the Presidential Arms Audit Panel which was inaugurated at the outset of his administration was not made available to the public because the prime target, Goodluck Jonathan was exonerated by the investigators to the disappointment of the government.
The 13- man Presidential arms purchase audit Panel according to Hope For Nigeria was set up by President Buhari to audit arms purchased between 2007 and 2015 confirmed that former President Jonathan was not involved in any procurement and never allowed his office to be involved in arm purchases within the period under review. They went further to state that arms were actually bought, but some of them did not go through due process.
The panel in its preliminary investigations claimed that it discovered the the immediate past National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) diverted N13.2 billion (Not $2.1billion) of fund meant for procurement of arms for the Nigeria Military.
The panel report did not mention anything like purchasing unservisable weapons or substandard arms as reported in the media and claimed by some government officials. The panel made up of distinguished Nigerians toured military formations across the country to undertaking physical verification of military hardware and equipment either bought or claimed to have been bought during the period under review.
