A former Secretary to the Government of
the Federation, Chief Olu Falae, has submitted to the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission,an email correspondence linking former President
Goodluck
Jonathan to the N100m election funds scam.The email correspondence was between Falae and a former
Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Board of Trustees, Chief Tony
Anenih, who was acting on the instruction of Jonathan.A source at the EFCC, speaking to Punch said, “In the email,
Anenih told Chief Falae, who is the Chairman of the SDP that N100m had been
approved by President Jonathan as part of the agreement between the PDP and the
SDP ahead of the presidential election.“He further urged Falae to provide an account which the
money would be paid into.”The N100m, which was given to Falae by
Anenih, was said to have emanated from the imprest account of the Office of the
National Security Adviser in the Central Bank of Nigeria.When contacted on the telephone, a spokesman for Falae, Mr.
Alfa Mohammed, confirmed that 78-year-old Falae had submitted all
correspondence between Falae and the PDP.He said, “We had a letter of agreement between the PDP and
the SDP regarding cooperation between the two parties for the election. There
was an email from Anenih stating that Mr. President (Jonathan) told him to
transfer the money to that effect.“We have submitted everything to the EFCC, but the EFCC has
not deemed it fit to invite Anenih which shows that it is people within the All
Progressives Congress that are just trying to rubbish the image of Chief Falae,
who has served meritoriously as a permanent secretary, a SGF and a finance
minister.”
SOURCE;NIGERIAN MONITOR
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