being investigated for diverting hundreds of millions of dollars budgeted to help curb the Islamic uprising.Among them is Alex Badeh, a four-star general whom Buhari fired from his post as chief of defense staff. Witnesses have told a Federal High Court that Badeh stole the equivalent of $24 million budgeted for salaries in 2013 and built a shopping mall in Abuja, the capital.
Before Buhari took power, soldiers told the AP they were forced into battle with just 30 bullets each and no food rations.They said Boko Haram was better armed and that their officers were stealing parts of their salaries and allowances.
Many ran away when the extremists attacked, allowing Boko Haram to take control of a large swath of northeastern Nigeria in 2014.Under Buhari, a former military leader, a multinational force has retaken most towns but Boko Haram continues to carry out occasional hit-and-run attacks.
