A former Governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili, on Tuesday said he
got N100million from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the contact
and mobilization in the South-South for 2015 elections.
The ex-governor said he did not collect any money from a former Minister of State for Finance, Amb. Bashir Yuguda.
He also said he has never had any dealing with a former National Security Adviser, Mr. Sambo Dasuki.
Odili,
who made the clarifications in a statement in Abuja, said the
N100million was given to him at the residence of the former National
Chairman of PDP, Alh. Adamu Muazu.
He said: “My attention has
been drawn to some publications where a former Minister of State
(Finance), Mr. Bashir Yuguda was quoted to have said that he allegedly
gave me the sum of N100 million, out of the money he purportedly
collected from the former National Security Adviser. And I wish to state
as follows:
” I decided to personally sign this rebuttal because
over the years, I had ignored various spurious and patently false
reports against me because I Knew that at the fullness of time, the
truth would surely prevail.
” I would have similarly ignored this
recent falsehood attributed to Mr. Yuguda but for the fact that the
uninformed are beginning to latch on this long – held false and
tendentious narrative, hence my decision to rebut this with all
vehemence.
” I categorically state with all sense of
responsibility that I have never had any dealings, private or business
or official, with the former National Security Adviser, so the issue of
allegedly collecting N100 million from either the former NSA or Mr.
Yuguda does not arise.
“That as part of preparations towards the
2015 elections, the PDP set up contact and mobilisation committees
across the six geo – political zones and I was appointed the Chairman of
the South – South mobilisation committee.
” Consequent upon
this, the party, not the former NSA or Yuguda gave the South -South
Committee through me, the sum of N100 million along with other zonal
Chairmen, in the house of the National Chairman, Dr. Adamu Muazu, for
the assignment.”
The ex-governor said he wrote a report to the leader of the party on how the N100million was disbursed.
Odili said he has evidence of minutes of all the meetings, signatures of all the members and the report of the zonal committee.
http://thenationonlineng.net/i-got-n100m-from-pdp-not-yuguda-odili/
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