Femi Falana appeals to the National Assembly to Probe President Buhari

The human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has called on the National Assembly to investigate the unauthorized withdrawal by President Muhammadu Buhari of the Excess Crude Account (ECA). Responding to the controversy surrounding the withdrawal of $ 496 million to pay for Tucano aircraft in the United States, Falana said the days of anticipatory approvals in the country would be over. According to him:- "Since 1999 the expected approvals are the order of the day. "Presidents (Olusegun) Obasanjo, (Umaru) Yar'Adua and (Goodluck) Jonathan would have spent N1.5 trillion without parliamentary approval, and we thought that time had gone well. "The National Assembly should examine the withdrawal with a view to stopping the executive power". A letter dated April 13 and sent to the National Assembly shows that Buhari had already given anticipatory approval for the withdrawal of $ 496,374,470 (N151,394,421,355) from the European Court of Auditors for the purchase of the aircraft and was only look for its inclusion in the 2018 Land Use Act that the National Assembly is currently finalizing.