Former PDP BOT Chair, Tony Anenih |
The
former Board of Trustees (BOT) chairman of the Peoples Democratic
Party, Tony Anenih who is being investigated by the EFCC alongside other
suspects in the controversial $2bn Arms Deal has revealed how N260m was
shared.
The forrmer PDP Board chair Tony Anenih has explained how he
disbursed the N260 million paid into his bank account from the Office of
the National Security Adviser (ONSA).
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is of the
opinion that the cash came from the allegedly misappropriated $2.1
billion arms funds.
Anenih wrote to the EFCC to state, among others, that he gave N63
million to a group coordinated by a former Special Assistant to former
President Shehu Shagari (National Assembly Liaison), Alhaji Tanko
Yakassai, for the 2015 presidential election.
Yakassai may be invited for interrogation over the “curious” payment, it was learnt yesterday.
Anenih was said to have told EFCC that he didn’t benefit from the money, but that he only shared it, following instructions.
The EFCC has started investigating alleged “curious” payment of N63million to a group led by Yakassai for the 2015 elections.
It was learnt that the probe followed a letter to the EFCC by a
former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the PDP, Chief Tony Anenih,
on how he distributed the N260million paid into his account by the
Office of the National Security Adviser(ONSA).
A highly-placed source in EFCC said: “Chief Tony Anenih has
written the EFCC on how he disbursed N260million from ONSA to various
groups including a team being coordinated by Tanko Yakassai.
“Anenih specifically indicated in the letter that N63million
was given to Yakassai’s group. He mentioned a few others whose
identities we will not disclose until our investigation has reached an
appreciable stage.
“We will unveil the names of all the beneficiaries of the
N260million soon. But we are at a level that we need to invite Yakassai
to shed more light on why his group was allocated N63million arms
funds.”
The source also added: “Besides the letter, we will invite Anenih to make a Statement on Oath and for interrogation.”
One of the charges against a former National Security Adviser
(NSA), Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki and a former Director of Finance and
Administration this office, Shaibu Salisu, was the transfer of
N260million to Anenih.
The charge said: “That you Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki whilst
being National Security Adviser and Shaibu Salisu, whilst being the
Director of Finance and Administration in the Office of the National
Security Adviser (ONSA) on or about 28th November 2014 in Abuja within
the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, and in such capacities
entrusted with dominion over certain properties to wit: the sum of
N260million being part of the funds in the account of the ONSA with Skye
Bank Plc committed criminal breach of trust in respect of the said
property when you transferred same to the bank account of Tony Anenih
with First Bank of Nigeria Plc and you thereby committed an offence
punishable under Section 315 of the Penal Code Act, Cap 532, Vol.4, LFN
2004.”
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