The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has located the whereabouts of N15billion of the N23.29billion ($115m) allegedly offered as bribe by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in connection with the 2015 elections.
The bribe was for the purpose of compromising the result of the elections which the party’s presidential candidate Dr. Goodluck Jonathan lost to Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Fourteen directors of four oil firms suspected of substantially bankrolling the N23.29b poll bribery scandal have also been identified by the anti-graft agency while some former Ministers arrested in connection with the scandal were battling for bail last night.
They are: former Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, Dr Nurudeen Muhammad (N 500,000,000) and ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs in the last dispensation, Ambassador Aminu Bashir Wali (N 950,000,000).
Some of their former colleagues are shocked by the alleged involvement of the ex-ministers in the disbursement of the slush funds.
Well placed sources said last night that the EFCC had traced over N15billion of the bribe cash as follows: the Seven North-West states- N5,097,064,000; REC and five others- N681m to; Cross River PDP chairman- N500m; INEC officials in Oyo and Ogun- N359m; Fidelity Bank- profit of N49.7m from the deal; two politicians from South-East- N700m.
The source said: “EFCC chairman Ibrahim Magu and his crack team have gone far in tracing more than N15billion of the N23.29billion which was shared to party leaders and INEC officials in the six geopolitical zones to influence election results and to stop APC from being declared as the winner of the 2015 presidential election.
“Some of the beneficiaries have started refunding the cash given to them. We have the list of all beneficiaries from Fidelity Bank. This is one of the reasons why we kept the MD of the bank and Head of Operations in custody. Our priority is to recover the bribe cash.
“By the time we get reports from all the geopolitical zones, we would have tracked down the bribe sum. Findings confirmed that the poll bribery cash was shared between February and April 2015 in a desperate and untidy manner.
“Our concern is not about any party but the use of proceeds from stolen oil to bribe INEC officials.”
The $115million (N23.29b) bribery scam was allegedly facilitated by the immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke.
One of the 14 bank directors has been quizzed by the anti-graft commission, The Nation gathered yesterday.
The oil barons are believed to have contributed $88.35million of the $115million (N23.29b) remitted to Fidelity Bank by the ex-Minister.
Investigation revealed that the EFCC obtained the list of 14 directors of the firms from the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC).
A source said: “From the list obtained from CAC, about 14 directors of the four oil firms involved in the bribery scandal have been identified.
“We are screening the list to know the roles played by each of the directors in the bribery offer. We will invite these barons for interrogation any moment from now. We will also release their names to the public soon.
“Some of these directors or owners of the oil firms are stakeholders in a few other oil companies which were highly favoured by Diezani.”
Sources said last night that the ex-Ministers, who were taken into custody on Wednesday, have been battling for bail.
“We will grant them bail as appropriate after we may have concluded our investigation. Their counsel were mounting pressure on us for bail as at Friday but I cannot tell you the exact status now,” the source said.
Meanwhile, the camp of ex-ministers in the administration of former President Jonathan was split yesterday following revelations on how huge cash was disbursed to some of their colleagues for the 2015 poll.
A reliable source in the camp said: “I am just ashamed to read about this scandal because I never knew such a scandal was being perpetrated. It is mind-boggling.
-The Nation
Lies!!!!!!...
ReplyDeleteEzigbote asi kwu oto!...
Everyone in Nigeria has stolen money .Igbo,Yoruba ,Hausa.
DeleteI realize that when a Hausa or Yoruba man is caught,they never defend their fellow tribesmen.
But when an Igbo man is caught ,it has to be a lie or propaganda against ibos.
The bible says riteousness exalts a nation but sin is a reproach unto it.
Ask any white man the problem with African countries, they will only mention corruption and almost never mention unintelligence.
When a nation seeks riteousness and justice as its first aim,its leaders start receiving the help of God on how to make things better.
Tactical nous or presidential intelligence don't make nations esp in the face of unriteousness as gross as stealing money meant for thirty million people.
The greatest presidents that made america the world leading nation today (Lincoln,Washington) built it on the biblical principle of riteousness. Lincoln preferred to be stark poor to
getting a dollar unjustly.God helped him and he is ranked the greatest american president ever.
I support the state of Biafra but sth tells me we are not ready because many of us are not yet in tandem with God as concerning nation building.
The right thing is to remove corruption first then God receives his invitation into that nation.
If a christian can't see that,God will use a Muslim to teach him/her.
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DeleteModel is correct and I wish Nigerians can be reasoning this way.
DeleteModel how hard is it to spell RIGHTEOUSNESS
DeleteKam gochagodu ofo na ogu
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Story for the gods
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ReplyDelete*Crosses legs and starts swinging it,one hand on my knee cap.A big smile on my face*
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Diezi Baby!
D only Diezzilionaire!
The Slush Madam herself!
This her case is just going as slow as that Tortoise in Mike Ejeagha's stories😂
@ Vera Wang,how's D Orange Jumpie Ma'am?Pls u May need to make alterations,albeit small.cos sources say Madam has added small. LMAO
*Picks up d TV Remote and slowly starts thinking of Linda Eze*
Hahahahahaha...
DeleteThey should shut the fuck up and focus on conducting proper investigation instead of giving us a blow by blow account of what they have done and how they are doing it.
ReplyDeleteNa wa. The monies collected have not yielded any goods on this economy. No action at all. No light, no water, no tomatoes, no change, nothing at all. Shame again
ReplyDeleteThis woman case, I don tire. Ah!
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ReplyDeleteWhy is she still walking free? Yimu
ReplyDeleteIdiots telling lies with cheap propaganda,who cares? Didn't APC do the highest fraud in Lagos State? Did Abode win? Everybody knows it was jimi aflame that won that election, all the money dokked out by Muazu,nobodt even remembers him because he's bn settled at Bourdillon By Tinubu,does anyone mention Muazu? This was all a deal to take power from the minority and give to idiots from the North, a doomed man who knows nothing,shame!!!
ReplyDeleteIdiots telling lies with cheap propaganda,who cares? Didn't APC do the highest fraud in Lagos State? Did Abode win? Everybody knows it was jimi aflame that won that election, all the money dokked out by Muazu,nobodt even remembers him because he's bn settled at Bourdillon By Tinubu,does anyone mention Muazu? This was all a deal to take power from the minority and give to idiots from the North, a doomed man who knows nothing,shame!!!
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