Chief Tony Anenih, a former chairman of the
Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP), states that the N260 million
transferred to him by the office of the former
national security adviser (NSA), Sambo
Dasuki, was on the instruction of the former
president Goodluck Jonathan.
According to TheSun, Anenih wrote to a letter
to the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC), explaining the origin and
the designation of the money.
He mentioned that the N260 million paid to
him by the NSA’s office was a refund of part
of the N440 million he used to execute
assignments at the request by the former
Nigeria’s president.
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If confirmed, it means that Goodluck
Jonathan was yet to pay an outstanding
N180 million owed to Anenih.
A source at the EFCC also revealed
that Anenih claimed that though the refund
of N260 million was made through the office
of the ex NSA, Dasuki, the chief did not give
his account numbers to anyone. However,
Anenih confirmed that he provided his
account details to Jonathan on request for a
refund of the money spent on the 2015
campaign.
The ex PDP chief noted he was not in a
position to ask the PDP’s hopeful in the
presidential race how he was going to source
the fund, or through which office the refund
was going to be made.
Chief Anenih further named some
beneficiaries of his personal money:
N25 million – Alhaji Mukhtar Shagari, to the
former deputy governor of Sokoto state;
N35 million – a delegation of local
government leaders from Katsina state;
N63 million – a northern group led by elder
statesman AlhajiTankoYakassai;
N100 million – Chief Olu Falae, the national
chairman of the Social Democratic Party
(SDP);
N100 million – Senator Rashidi Adewolu
Ladoja, the leader of Accord Party.
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In conclusion, Anenih wrote he knew nothing
about the money related to arms contract
deals. He informed the anti-graft agency that
he had made “personal sacrifices” to ensure
that the candidate of his party won by
accepting to use his personal money to pick
some campaign bills. The ex PDP chief
regretted that he could not recover all the
money spent till present.
The EFCC is currently probing the $2.1 billion
arms contract scandal involving the ex-NSA
boss, Dasuki. Some prominent politicians,
PDP leaders and members of the immediate
past administration were named as the
beneficiaries of the money.
Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd.) is alleged to
have shared the money meant for the
purchase of arms to fight the Boko Haram
insurgency to finance the campaign and
boost the re-election chances of Goodluck
Jonathan in the March 28, 2015, general
election.
There are indications that four more
prominent Nigerians are to be questioned by
the anti-graft agency soon.
DasukiGate: Chief Tony Anenih Writes To EFCC
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