Diezani Alison-Madueke
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on
Monday traced N860m to the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Idris Wada;
and a former acting governor of Taraba State, Sani Danladi.
While N500m was traced to Wada, N450m was traced
to Danladi.
The money was said to be part of the N23bn
allegedly disbursed by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani
Alison-Madueke, through the then Director of Finance of the Goodluck Jonathan
Campaign Organisation, Senator Nenadi Usman.
It was learnt that Wada arrived the EFCC office
around 12pm and was still in custody around 9pm.
The spokesman for the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren,
confirmed that Wada was detained by the commission.
He said, “Yes, he was invited by the EFCC over
N500m Diezani money. He is still in our custody.”
The Gombe zonal office also quizzed Danladi in
respect of the N450m collected by him through Senators Joel Dallami Ikenya and
Mark Useni during the build-up to the 2015 presidential election.
Danladi, in his statement on oath, told interrogators
that he chaired the eight-man committee that disbursed the money for Taraba
State.
The EFCC stated, “He further stated that, he and
the other members of the committee shared N36m among themselves while the
balance of N414m was distributed to other stakeholders across the 16 local
government areas of the state and one Development Area Council.”
Danladi was arrested and detained in Abuja last
week and later released on bail to reliable sureties, but asked to report to
the EFCC Gombe zonal office for further investigation.
Last week, the commission detained a former
governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, for his role in the disbursement of
the Diezani sleaze.
It was learnt that at least 20 former ministers
and governors who are members of the PDP may be detained by the commission
In the states which were ruled by the PDP, the
governors were said to have taken possession of the funds while in states that
had no PDP governors, the ministers handled the money.
They were alleged to have received a minimum of
N450m each.
Some of the former governors and ministers that
may be picked up soon include a former Minister of Power, Mohammed Wakil
(Borno); and a former Minister of Science and Technology, Alhaji Abdu Bulama
(Yobe).
Others are former governor Sullivan Chime of
Enugu State (now a member of the All Progressives Congress), the immediate past
governor of Kebbi State, Saidu Dakin Garin; former governor Ibrahim Shekarau of
Kano State, former governor Ali Modu Sheriff of Borno State, former governor James
Ngilari of Adamawa State; and a former governor of Zamfara State, Mamuda
Shinkafi.
Sheriff allegedly received N40m from the N450m
said to have been received by a former Minister of Power, Mohammed Wakil.
Also, a former deputy governor of Edo State,
Chief Lucky Imasuen, and a former Secretary to the State Government of Edo
State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, may be re-invited for allegedly collecting
N700m from the Diezani fund.
The source said many of the PDP chieftains had
promised to return some of the funds but had failed to do so and therefore had
to be invited.
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