Senior Special Assistant to president Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu in a series of tweets on Wednesday cleared further misconception about car gifts or pension received by president Buhari.
Mr. Garba Shehu noted that the President has never received pension from the army or car and that was completely forgotten after he was overthrown.
1. The President has never received pension from the army or car as had gone to former Commanders-in-Chief. #BuhariPension
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) August 17, 2016
2. After his overthrow, they didn’t remember him even  in the annual distribution of diaries or calendars. #BuhariPension
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) August 17, 2016
3. If anyone is laying his/her hand on any such payment, they should face criminal investigation. #BuhariPension
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) August 17, 2016
4. PMB stopped collecting allowances paid to former Heads of State the moment he took office as elected President last year. #BuhariPension
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) August 17, 2016
5. This is verifiable from the the SGF’s office. #BuhariPension
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) August 17, 2016
6. Since his overthrow as Military ruler, the army never instituted a pension for him. #BuhariPension
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) August 17, 2016
7. The army is known to supply cars to former heads of the army. President Buhari never got any of that. #BuhariPension
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) August 17, 2016
8. On the other hand, there is a directorate in the SGF’s office paying allowances to all ex-Heads of State. This is not pension.
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) August 17, 2016
9. President Buhari stopped collecting this from last year.
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) August 17, 2016
10. The cars he got came from the former President through the ONSA. This was after the bomb attack on his convoy in Kaduna.
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) August 17, 2016
11. Before this time, the presidency did not supply cars to him as they did the formers Heads of State.
Please be guided. Thank you.
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) August 17, 2016