The money was said to be
part of the N23bn allegedly disbursed by a former Minister of Petroleum
Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, through the then Director of Finance of the
Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation, Senator Nenadi Usman.
The Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission on Monday traced N860m to the immediate past governor of Kogi
State, Idris Wada; and a former acting governor of Taraba State, Sani Danladi.
While N500m was traced to
Wada, N450m was traced to Danladi.
It was learnt that Wada
arrived the EFCC office around 12pm and was still in custody around 9pm.
The spokesman for the EFCC,
Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed that Wada was detained by the commission.
He said, “Yes, he was
invited by the EFCC over N500m Diezani money. He is still in our custody.”
The Gombe zonal office also
quizzed Danladi in respect of the N450m collected by him through Senators Joel
Dallami Ikenya and Mark Useni during the build-up to the 2015 presidential
election.
Danladi, in his statement
on oath, told interrogators that he chaired the eight-man committee that
disbursed the money for Taraba State.
The EFCC stated, “He
further stated that, he and the other members of the committee shared N36m
among themselves while the balance of N414m was distributed to other
stakeholders across the 16 local government areas of the state and one
Development Area Council.”
Danladi was arrested and
detained in Abuja last week and later released on bail to reliable sureties,
but asked to report to the EFCC Gombe zonal office for further investigation.
Last week, the commission
detained a former governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, for his role in the
disbursement of the Diezani sleaze.
It was learnt that at least
20 former ministers and governors who are members of the PDP may be detained by
the commission
In the states which were
ruled by the PDP, the governors were said to have taken possession of the funds
while in states that had no PDP governors, the ministers handled the money.
They were alleged to have
received a minimum of N450m each.
Some of the former
governors and ministers that may be picked up soon include a former Minister of Power, Mohammed Wakil
(Borno); and a former Minister of Science and Technology, Alhaji Abdu Bulama
(Yobe).
Others are former governor
Sullivan Chime of Enugu State (now a member of the All Progressives Congress),
the immediate past governor of Kebbi State, Saidu Dakin Garin; former governor
Ibrahim Shekarau of Kano State, former governor Ali Modu Sheriff of Borno
State, former governor James Ngilari of Adamawa State; and a former governor of
Zamfara State, Mamuda Shinkafi.
Sheriff allegedly received
N40m from the N450m said to have been received by a former Minister of Power,
Mohammed Wakil.
Also, a former deputy
governor of Edo State, Chief Lucky Imasuen, and a former Secretary to the State
Government of Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, may be re-invited for
allegedly collecting N700m from the Diezani fund.
The source said many of the
PDP chieftains had promised to return some of the funds but had failed to do so
and therefore had to be invited.
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