Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) grilled Mohammed Wakil, a former
minister of power, and Abdu Bulama, the ex-minister of
science and technology, on Monday, June 6.
Reports say, they were interrogated over
the $115billion public fund allegedly deployed for the 2015
general election by Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former
minister of petroleum resources.
During the last presidential elections, both were Peoples
Democratic Party campaign coordinators for Borno and
Yobe state respectively.
According to a source at the commission, Bulama
confessed that he had received N450m from Nenadi
Usman, a former minister of finance.
“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,” he said.
Meanwhile, Muhammed Kadai, who was Bulama’s deputy,
revealed details of the sharing formula.
“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,” he said.
The EFCC source added that Wakil also confessed that he
had received a call from Usman that N450m was sent to
Fidelity bank and a template for how the disbursement of
the funds would be conducted.
“Nicholas Msheliya, Peter Biye, Hon. Kudla Satumaria,
Hon. Ibrahim Birma, all from southern Borno received the
sum of N112, 340.000.00. Equally Hon. Kangar, through
Dr. Kulima A.A received N88, 620.000.00 while Engr
Mohammad Baba Kachalla, Hon. Kaamuna Khadi, Hon.
Zarma Mustapha and Hon. Abdulrahman Tarab received
the sum of 140,860.000.00,” he was quoted as saying.
The two former ministers are currently in the EFCC
custody in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, as the
investigation continues.
Earlier this year, Usman returned N140 million out of the
N2.5 billion she had allegedly received from the office of
Sambo Dasuki, a former national security adviser, ahead of
the presidential election.
Usman, who served as the director of finance of the PDP
Presidential Campaign Organisation, surrendered two of
her houses in Abuja to the federal government.