president Buhari arrests his best friend

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Buhari arrested his best man due to mismanaged security funds

Despite being his close ally and loyalist, Buhari okayed the arrest of Mohammed Umar, after reading reports showing that Umar, a retired Air Force officer, ran a secret blackmailing and extortion cartel.

Security and presidency sources told PT that Umar was arrested last week as operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) raided his Abuja home.

Those familiar with the matter said before moving against the retired officer, the Director General of the SSS, Lawal Daura, met with Buhari where he tabled reports suggesting that the panel member had been busy using the name of the president and other top officials of the administration to intimidate, extort and blackmail individuals and businesses.

“The president became worried and jittery when he was confronted with the way a man he trusted had been behaving,” a presidency source said. “So he ordered that he should be picked up while the allegations against him are thoroughly investigated.”
Easy Jet Integrated Services Limited – from two cargo flights from Nairobi to Houston and Nairobi to Hong Kong.

Investigators working to verify the claims

Other properties seized from the retired officer’s home during the raid includes:

13 luxury cars – One Range Rover, two Rolls Royce, two Bentleys, one BMW 7-series, one Mercedes 5550, one Lexus Sports, one Audi R8 and one Porsche Panamera GTs.

As of Monday, Umar was still held at the State Security Service detention centre in Abuja as security officials continued with investigations into the matter.

The scope of his case is so serious that it's now under the National Security Adviser.