Presidency Denies Allegations That Buhari Received $300,000 From Dasuki

President Muhammadu Buhari has denied some rumors making the rounds that he received $300,000 in compensation from embattled National Security Adviser (NSA), Rtd. Col. Sambo Dasuki after he was attacked in Kaduna by Boko Haram last year.

Responding to a series of questions sent to him via text by SaharaReporters, the Senior Special Adviser to the President for Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said the President did not take anything from the federal government beyond what he was entitled to as a former Head of State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Prodded further, Mr. Adesina responded by saying that President Buhari received two Sport Utility Vehicles from the government after the attack, identifying them as a Toyota Land Cruisers, one of them armored while the second was without armor. When SaharaReporters asked if he knew if the cars came from the National Security Adviser’s office,

Mr. Adesina replied: “They were driven to his Kaduna office with message that the cars were from the federal government”.

Buhari emphatically denied insinuations that he was compensated with cash as well.  “No cash.” Mr. Adesina stressed.