Insurgency: Group wants Defence, Police budgets audited

ABUJA—Human Rights Writers’ Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, yesterday, urged the National Assembly to order an independent forensic audit of Defence and Police budgets from 1982 to date. In a statement, the group said the audit was necessary in view of allegations of widespread corruption in the procurement system of the nation’s defence and policing institutions. It requested both the Presidency and the legislative arm of government in the country to invite any internationally reputable auditing firm to do the audit. ”Our current crises of widespread insecurity was because of a groundswell of corruption in the procurement mechanisms in Nigeria’s defence and police,” the statement added.