Two former Ministers, Abdu Bulama, a former Minister of Science and Technology and Mohammed Wakil, a former Minister of Power are currently cooling off at the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,(EFCC), for their involvement in the disbursement of $115 million allegedly received from the former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke for the 2015 general election.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign coordinators for Borno and Yobe states respectively during the last presidential election, are at the EFCC Office in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, providing the anti-graft agency with information about their involvement in the disbursement of the fund.
The Borno Coordinator, former Minister Wakil, confirmed that he received N450 million,“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.”
On his part, Mr. Bulama revealed that he received N450 million from former Finance Minister, Nenadi Usman, for the funding of 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,”.
Muhammed Kadai, who was Mr. Bulama’s deputy, provided details of the sharing formula. 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. ‘’
