One time governor of old Anambra state and Chieftain of the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, Jim Nwobodo has debunked allegations that he
received N500million from the former national chairman
of the Party,
Adamu Mu’azu.
Some high profile personalities in the party have
been fingered in the sharing of the slush funds allegedly disbursed by
the former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col Sambo Dasuki (rtd) which
he alongside others are currently standing trial for.
Speaking
with Premium Times, Nwobodo, who is currently in New York for treatment,
denied collecting money from Dasuki stressing that he only received the
sum of N100million from the PDP which was meant for “campaign
logistics.”
“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 N100million, 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
N500million 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,” he said.
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