Two former ministers, Mohammed Wakil, of the Ministry of Power and Abdu Bulama, of the Ministry of Science and Technology were on Monday grilled by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC over $115m received from Diezani Alison-Madueke for the 2015 general elections.
The two former ministers were Peoples Democratic Party, PDP
campaign coordinators for Borno and Yobe states during the last presidential election.
An EFCC source said that Mr. Bulama admitted receiving N450 million from former Finance Minister, Nenadi Usman, for use in prosecuting the PDP presidential election in Yobe State .
“Former Minister of Finance Nenadi Usman, called and informed me to go and collect money in Fidelity Bank. A five-man committee was set up to coordinate the campaign activities in Yobe State and we received N450m.
“The money was disbursed based on a template we received from Abuja and we shared it among the three senatorial zones in the state,” he said.
Muhammed Kadai, who served as Bulama’s deputy, gave the details of how the money was shared.
“The money was shared according to zones. For Zone A, Abba –Gana Tata collected the sum of over N85, 100,000.00, while Dr Mamu collected N73, 510.000.00 on behalf of Mohammed Hassan Dambu and zone C received N70, 470.000.00, through Alhaji Hassan Ibn Jaks for Dr Yarima Ngama.
The Borno Coordinator, former Minister Wakil, also confirmed receiving N450 million.
“I received a call from Nenadi Usman, former Minister of Finance, that N450m was sent to Fidelity Bank and a template for how the disbursement of the funds will be conducted.
“Nicholas Msheliya, Peter Biye, Hon. Kudla Satumaria, Ibrahim Birma, all from southern Borno received the sum of N112, 340.000.00. Equally Kangar, through Dr. Kulima A.A received N88, 620.000.00, while Mohammad Baba Kachalla, Hon. Kaamuna Khadi, Hon. Zarma Mustapha and Hon. Abdulrahman Tarab received the sum of N140,860.000.00," he said.
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