EFCC arrests Yero, other PDP chieftains over Diezani’s N23bn

Former Kaduna state Governor, Alhaji Ramalan Yaro and the Kano state governorship candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2015 general elections, Alhaji Salihu Sagir Takai, became the latest casualties of the N23 billion 2015 presidential campaign fund allegedly shared by the immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, as they were arrested by the EFCC.

Both Yero and Takai were said to have spent Monday night at the commission’s zonal office in Kano.

The Secretary of PDP in Kano, Alhaji Auwalu Ibrahim Danzabuwa was also arrested.

Speaking on the issue, a PDP Chieftain in Kano, Alhaji Musa Iliyasu Kwankwaso, said they were trying to meet the bail conditions laid down by the commission to free them.

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Kwankwaso condemned EFCC’s action, saying the commission was only rendering selective justice in its operations.

He said: “If the commission is serious about the fight against corruption, it should extend its operation to some APC members because they too shared campaign money during last general elections. This campaign fund is a tradition in Nigerian politics and all political parties did the same thing in 2015 election.”

The PDP chieftain wondered why only PDP members are being investigated by the commission, while the APC’s were allowed to go about their normal business.

He said further: “On Monday, some operatives of the commission have stormed our party’s campaign office and conducted a search. They were accompanied by the party’s secretary Auwalu Ibrahim Danzabuwa to our office for the search. This is injustice being meted against PDP members.”

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