N23bn Election Fund: How N900m Was Shared In Gombe, Adamawa

According
to an EFCC source, Senator Sa’idu Umar Kumo of Gombe State, who was the
former national secretary of the All Nigerian peoples Party, (ANPP)
signed and collected four hundred and fifty million naira (N450M),
campaign fund for the re-election of the former president Goodluck
Jonathan.

He admitted that out of the said amount he benefited only two million (N2m), which he promised to pay back.

Chief
Joel Madaki, the current Chairman, Peoples Democratic party, (PDP) in
Adamawa State and Ambassador Hassan Adamu (Wakili Adamawa) signed and
collected the same four hundred and fifty million (N450M) campaign fund
for the re-election of the former president Goodluck Jonathan, for
Adamawa State, all the transactions were with Fidelity Bank.

Madaki
in his statement EFCC, admitted that out of the said amount, it was
only five million naira (5m) that passed through his office, which he
promised to pay back.

Also, the former acting Governor of Taraba
State, Senator Sani Danladi Abubakar, who is the Senator representing
Taraba North senatorial District in the National Assembly, was the chair
of the sharing committee of four hundred and fifty million (N450M)
campaign slush fund for the re-election of ex-president Goodluck
Jonathan.

Other members were the former minister of Labour and
productivity, Senator Joel Ikenya Danlami and former speaker of the
State legislature, Mark Bako Useni.

Investigation by the EFCC, also revealed the role played by the trio in the collection and sharing of the fund.

It
also showed that Ikenya and Useni signed and collected the fund from
Fidelity Bank on behalf of the State before proceeding to the government
House to distribute the fund.