Alleged Terrorism Funding: Buratai Sues Ex-army General

The former chief of army staff (COAS), General Tukur Yusuf Buratai has filed a defamation suit of N1 billion against the former General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major-General Danjuma Ali-Keffi rtd.

Gen. Buratai who filed the legal step through his lawyers A I Aliyu and A M Hassan of Law Plus Consult, has on Thursday introduced the suit before a Kaduna state High Court.

The former COAS’s action, was a response to a statements allegedly made by General Ali-Keffi (rtd), and circulated through online media platforms, accusing him of funding terrorism.

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Keffi’s statements has vividly linked General Buratai to financing terrorism, Boko Haram suspects, and the unlawful release and shielding of terror suspects.

Buratai asked the court to declare that “the publications, which appeared on Sahara Reporters and were further amplified on several news and social media platforms, were false, malicious and damaging to his reputation.”