The Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, EFCC,
Monday quizzed two former
ministers, Mohammed Wakil,
a former Minister of Power
and Abdu Bulama, a former
Minister of Science and
Technology.
The arrest was in connection
with the $115 million public
fund allegedly deployed for
the 2015 general election by
former Petroleum Minister,
Diezani Alison-Madueke.
The duo were the PDP
campaign coordinators for
Borno and Yobe states,
respectively during the last
presidential election.
Premium Times quoted
Bulama as saying that he
received N450 million from
former Finance Minister,
Nenadi Usman, for use in
funding the PDP presidential
election in the state.
“Former Minister of Finance
Nenadi Usman, called and
informed me to go and collect
money in Fidelity Bank. A
five-man committee was set
up to coordinate the
campaign activities in Yobe
State and we received
N450m.
“The money was disbursed
based on a template we
received from Abuja and we
shared it among the three
senatorial zones in the
state,” the source said.
According to him, “the money
was shared according to
zones. For Zone A, Abba –
Gana Tata collected the sum
of over N85, 100,000.00,
while Dr Mamu collected N73,
510.000.00 on behalf of
Mohammed Hassan Dambu
and zone C received N70,
470.000.00, through Alhaji
Hassan Ibn Jaks for Dr
Yarima Ngama.
‘’The Borno Coordinator,
former Minister Wakil, also
confirmed he received N450
million,’’ our source said.
He was quoted as saying, “I
received a call from Nenadi
Usman, former Minister of
Finance, that N450m was
sent to Fidelity Bank and a
template for how the
disbursement of the funds
will be conducted.
“Nicholas Msheliya, Peter
Biye, Hon. Kudla Satumaria,
Ibrahim Birma, all from
southern Borno received the
sum of N112, 340.000.00.
Equally Kangar, through Dr.
Kulima A.A received N88,
620.000.00, while Mohammad
Baba Kachalla, Hon. Kaamuna
Khadi, Hon. Zarma Mustapha
and Hon. Abdulrahman Tarab
received the sum of
N140,860.000.00.”
The two ministers are
currently in the custody of
EFCC in Maiduguri, the Borno
State capital, as
investigation continues.