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| Rashidi Ladoja |
The
Ibadan based political party, Accord Party, on Friday, confirmed that they
received N100 million from a former chairman of the Board of Trustees of the
Peoples Democratic Party, Tony Anenih, before the 2015 polls.
The
confirmation which was made known in a letter addressed to the chairman of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu and signed by the
national secretary of the party, Nureni Adisa, stated that Accord Party got the
funds through its national leader, Rashidi Ladoja, the party’s governorship
candidate in Oyo State.
The
money received by the party, is from
a $2.1 billion arms fund, which was
meant for the purchase of arms to equip the Nigerian Military, for the fight
against Boko Haram militants, in the Northern part of Nigeria; but, the money
for the arms deal was allegedly diverted by Sambo Dasuki, the former National
Security Adviser to the former president, Goodluck Jonathan.
Mr.
Anenih, who is one of several top politicians accused of receiving payments
from the $2.1 billion arms deal fund, denied being a beneficiary of the
money, explaining that every amount he disbursed to Individuals, groups,
and or political parties, was instructed by former President Goodluck Jonathan.
In
the letter released by Accord Party, titled, “Release of One Hundred Million by
Chief Tony Anenih”, Mr. Adisa, confirming the payment of the funds,
said, “We confirm that the sum of One Hundred Million Naira was given to the
party through our leader after series of meetings between the leadership of
ACCORD and Chief Tony Anenih in preparation for the 2015 general elections,” the
letter stated.
The Accord party who didn’t have a Presidential candidate during the
2015 election, pointed out reasons that led to the release of the N100 million to
its party leader, Mr. Ladoja; “There was need to support the presidential candidate of PDP
since ACCORD had no presidential candidate.
The
need to ensure that peace was maintained to enhance peaceful movement during
periods of campaign, elections and after the elections.”….Adding that, “the money was used for the purpose
stated.” Mr. Adisa said.
Written by Fakoyejo Olalekan.
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