Former Secretary general of the federation, Boss Mustapha has come out to state that neither did he or former President Buhari accented to an approval of $6,230,000 to international election observers.
Mustapha testified at the ongoing trail of Godwin Emefiele, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
Mustapha, while reacting to questions in a shady request and approval of $6,230,000 for election observers in 2023 confirmed that his signature and that of the then President Buhari were both forged.
The former SGF emphasized that requesting for funds for election observers from the CBN was not under his purview.
He also added that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC were the only authorized group to make such requests.
Affirming is non involvement, he had this to say:
“My lord, all through my service year as the SGF, I never came across these documents.
“It was claimed that Buhari also signed, but on the face value of this document, having served for five years and seven months as SGF, this document did not emanate from the president for the following reasons.
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Secondly, I have looked at it and read the document. Federal Executive Council, FEC, decisions are not transmitted by letters. They are transmitted through extracts after conclusions are adopted.
“Thirdly, I am the custodian of FEC, the president will not refer executives’ conclusions to me.
“Also, in all the five years and seven months I stayed in office, I never heard of the term ‘Special Appropriation Provision’, referred to me.
“The terms known to me my lord are appropriation as provided by the Appropriation Act, which is normally passed by the National Assembly. When the government file drafts, it brings Supplementary Appropriation.
In all the correspondences I have received from Buhari, it has never had or ended with: ‘Please accept the assurance of my highest regard.’
“I am his subordinate. My correspondences do not carry that.
“And lastly, looking at the signature, it is a failed attempt at reproducing Buhari’s signature. I will leave that to the experts,” he added.
