Officials of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), has claimed ignorance of the N100m given to their party to gather support for the erstwhile president, Goodluck Jonathan during last year presidential election.

The party's National Chairman, Chief Olu Falae, has admitted that he collected N100 million from the former chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

A Senior Official of SDP, who was also the National Publicity Secretary Abdul Isia claimed Olu Falae only announced a donation of N5Million from an undisclosed PDP Chieftain.

Isia stated that Fale's admission of a receiving N100M from PDP came as a 'rude shock'

It was reliably gathered that Falae, a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) got N100 million from the N260 million given to Anenih by the office of the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd).

Falae while speaking with News Telegraph said that, the money was purely an interparty affair between the PDP and the Social Democratic Party (SDP), which he is the National Chairman. The former presidential candidate said the money was given to the SDP to effectively campaign for the PDP in the 2015 presidential election. According to him, in the build up to the 2015 general elections, the PDP and SDP entered into working agreement.

His words: “In the build up to the presidential election, the PDP approached the SDP which I chaired. The then ruling party solicited for our support in order for President Goodluck Jonathan to win the March 28 presidential election. “Anenih related with me as the chairman of the PDP BoT and I did same as the SDP National Chairman. He wrote to me as PDP BoT chairman and I wrote back as SDP National Chairman stating conditions/terms for the alliance.

I have the record. “It is true that N100 million was given to my party to endorse and work for the Jonathan’s candidature in the 2015 election. We used the money for that purpose and we effectively campaigned for the PDP since we did not have presidential candidate in the election. The money was not for me.

“Thank God I’m a retired civil servant. I have all the documents to prove all that transpired between the two parties.” The former Finance Minister stated that there was no way he could know that the money was from arms fund. “With all the money PDP has and having spent 16 years in power, how would I know that the money was from the arms deal? No reference was made to the arms deal. So, they should not bring me into the arms issue.

Source: http://olumoonline.com/2016/01/08/olu-falae-did-not-deliver-dasukigate-n100-to-party-sdp/

And dis gee was kidnapped ba?
Not knowing he was a yam eater too

This is not the kind of yam my Akure people love to eat.

He needs to be rekidnapped again. I am sure one of those who disbursed the $100m must have arranged the previous kidnap

even u olu falae, u even stole frm ur own party, why wont u be kidnapped.

Baba falae....U even short changed your party members when the yam was given to you.
I'm sure your party members will be saying thank God now that they didn't eat bulk of yam with you. No wonder Jonathan lost the election ....many of the people he shared the money to work for him just pocketed it.

Olu Falae ......Greedy agbaya...ole-onijekuje

I knew the old man had his hand where it shouldn't, and he should be locked up.

Yoruba should be making mental record of these useless agbayas to stop them from selling Yorubaland. Fayose, Falae, FFK, Fasheun and the rest should be picked up.

U mean he's a dasukite ?

Abeg all these stupid and irresponsible elders should be rounded up into kirikiri to go and spend their remaining limited time there.
Haba, these trash bins still milking the young generation not wanting anything to fall off their mouth.
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No plea bargain
No mercy.
No peace for the wicked

If this is true then I'm so disappointed. Falae is one man I respect. I see him as a well disciplined man. Nawao

Eyah! See greed in action, pocketed 95% and left just 5% for the party. Eleriibu gbogbo.

This shuld nt b a problem,make d party sef leave am make him face him problem.

Never trust the so called sophisticated ones

See how this sophisticated elder betrayed Jonathan by not giving his party what was meant for them to use and sensitize their people on the dangerous rebranding of the Cattleman of Daura by the modern Afonja.

I hope he can see how his action has seen his people being outsmarted and suffering under the dictatorial government of the Cattleman of Daura



https://www.nairaland.com/2848777/buharis-budget-consolidation-coruption-remi

What a big shame?

He gave it to his kidnappers as ransome. Sorry sdp, one chance falae

Pa as an elderly state man it simply means that you outsmart the likes Osoba in your party. Butter was only spread on your bread. I think this is wahala unlike Ladoja who might not go down alone cos it was not spent by him alone. You spent party fund alone.

Chop alone, die alone. He will serve his jail term alone upon found guilty.

SirJeffry:
If this is true then I'm so disappointed. Falae is one man I respect. I see him as a well disciplined man. Nawao

...sorry to tell you you have a flaw judgement about Falae. I have hated him since the era of Structural Adjustment Programme...

Ole gbe, ole gba.