Jim Nwobodo, a former Governor of old Anambra state, says he never received N500 million from the former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ahmed Muazu.
Nwobodo was alleged to have benefited from the funds shared to PDP chieftains by former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki and a former Minister of State for Finance, Bashir Yuguda.
Premium Times reports that Nwobodo revealed that he only received N100 million from the PDP for campaign logistics, saying he’s never met Dasuki before.
“I have never met Sambo Dasuki. I know Yuguda as former minister, that is all. What happened was that I was invited alongside 15 leaders of PDP in the South East to the residence of Ahmed Muazu to collect the money allocated to our zone by the PDP.
“Three party leaders were selected from each of the five states of the South East. I was selected to lead a committee of 15 to collect the N100 million, which was shared to each one of us for campaign logistics in our respective states.”
“I was surprised to hear that a report quoted me as saying I collected N500 million from Muazu. This is sheer lie as I have never previously spoken to any journalist on this issue but today. So how come somebody concocted a figure and attributed it to me?
“It was PDP as party that shared the money for campaign not for our individual use.”
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