Wednesday, May 18, 2016

$115 million cash- EFCC Detains Ex Gov Yero and Others

   
 
       $115 million released by former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison Madueke that was shared ahead of 2015 presidential poll has taken officials of  Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to Kaduna where its former governor, Ramalan Yero, was picked up and questioned, yesterday.


      The former governor allegedly received N700 million of the sum and shared to himself and other top officials of Peoples Domocratic Party, PDP, in the state but  EFCC wants them to return the cash to the Federal Government. 

       According to EFCC spokeman, Wilson Uwujaren, the former governor, was arrested in Kaduna, Monday, and taken to the Kano office of the EFCC where he is being interrogated. His arrest followed confessions of two top party officials, Nuhu Wya (former Minister of State for Power) and Haruna Gaya (PDP chairman in Kaduna State), to investigators that they actually handed over the cash to the ex-governor. Investigators said Yero, who admitted collecting the N700 million cash, however, said it was distributed according to agreed formula to the 23 local government areas of the state for the purpose of winning the last presidential election.
      
        His arrest coincides with that of former Principal Private Secretary to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Hassan Tukur, by operatives of the EFCC.  Tukur is being questioned in Abuja on his alleged offence relating to money he reportedly spent in a botched ceasefire deal with Boko Haram leaders in a neighbouring country in 2014. Although the amount was not disclosed, investigators said they needed Tukur to shed light on other receipts from the office of the National Security Adviser which are significant.
       
Source: Vanguard
         

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