A former Minister of Mines and Steel, Arch. Musa Muhammad Sada, has told
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, his involvement in
the alleged N23.29bn election bribery scandal. According to a statement
shared on the wall of the EFCC Facebook page, Sada is one of the former
ministers in the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan
who are being investigated by the anti-graft agency.During interrogation, Sada disclosed that he was
authorised by former governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shema, to
collect the sum of N700m( Seven Hundred Million) on behalf of Katsina
State and remit it to the former state’s Commissioner of Finance for him
to keep for him( Shema).
In a related development, a former Minister of State for Agriculture,
Asabe Asmau Ahmed, from Niger State, revealed how she personally signed
and collected the sum of N450m( Four Hundred and Fifty Million Naira).
Ahmed also stated that she kept the sum of N105million (One Hundred and
Five Million) for herself.
She further alleged that the balance was given to top Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, party officials in Niger State.