Politics
Ex-minister sells out ex-gov Shinkafi, others in Diezani poll bribe
A former minister of finance under the Goodluck Jonathan administration, Bashir Yuguda has told the EFCC how some officials of Zamfara state, including former Governor Mamuda Shinkafi allegedly shared N450 million naira being the state’s portion of the $115 million allegedly doled out during the build up to the 2015 general elections.
The anti-graft agency has on the strength of the confession arrested the former governor, as well as a former Secretary to the Government of Zamfara State, Aminu Nahuce; and Senator Hassan Nasiha, the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Zamfara State.
The money was alleged to be part of funds doled out through Fidelity Bank by the former minister of petroleum resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke.
However, Shinkafi who was said to have got N15m form the funds has denied taking part in the sharing, stating that he heard about it but did not take out of it.
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Sources within the EFCC revealed that the former SSG admitted that he got N2 million as against the N5 million claimed by Yuguda and told the EFCC that he had since refunded the cash.
Shinkafi and Nahuce were still being detained at the EFCC Kaduna office as at Saturday night and it was unclear as at the time of this report if they would gain their freedom this weekend.
The EFCC source said that Yuguda had told investigators that he collected the Zamfara share of the money allegedly to be use in bribing poll officials, and that it was shared in his house.
Thirteen local government council in the state were also said to have N26 million each totaling N338 million.
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