by Sahara Reporters, New York
Jan 06, 2016

On Wednesday, the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) issued a statement confirming they received N50 million from the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, a revelation first revealed in a statement by the former editor of ThisDay, Nduka Obaigbena, to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in December.

In the statement, the NGE notes that the organization did indeed receive N50 million from the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan. However, they claimed the funds were a donation given to the NGE at a fundraising dinner in April 2014.

The dinner was intended to raise money for the construction of a secretariat, the Editor’s Plaza. According to the NGE N50 million was presented to them by former Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mr. Labaran Maku, and deposited in their Zenith Bank Account.

The organization also attacked President Muhammadu Buhari, insinuating that the recent attempts to drag the NGE into Dasukigate are without merit and most likely motivated by President Buhari’s desire for revenge for earlier statements made by the NGE regarding the president's war on corruption.

“It is regrettable that an earlier statement by the Guild on the anti-corruption war of the government of President Muhammadu Buhari may not be unconnected with recent attempts to drag the Guild into a matter in which it has no case whatsoever,” the statement noted.

In December, the EFCC interrogating Mr. Obaigbena for questioning for his connection to the $2.1 billion misappropriated by the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki for the purposes of bankrolling the PDP’s presidential campaign.

MolarT:
If I hear

Dcomrade:
Yam eater caught in presidency

No this can't be true....no one working with Buhari likes yam!!


Last Bullet: in Olamide's voice

#leaveFemiAdesinaForEFCC

Typical of you, always assuming and never assertive. Did you try to read the post at all?

Wailers over to you.

RockMaxi:





Typical of you, always assuming and never assertive. Did you try to read the post at all?

Wailers over to you.

RockMaxi:





Typical of you, always assuming and never assertive. Did you try to read the post at all?

Wailers over to you.

princeofpeace22:
PDP government all should be jailed

Evil men
Sharing money like no mans business.


Baba pls let the looters have no peace.kuje prison straight .

aieromon:
When you fight corruption,corruption fights back - Pete Edochie,1984

Uncle Nduka,you threw shade at the NPAN members. They have distanced themselves from you while some have returned the money back. You decided to throw shade at the NGE and now, they too have distanced themselves from your travails (it is left for EFCC to corroborate their side of the story).

Come back to Nigeria and approach the courts to defend yourself.