he collected $30,000 from Yuguda, not N100m – Bode George
A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, has said he received $30,000 (N5.9m) and not N100m from a former minister of state for finance, Bashir Yuguda.
George was reacting to a report on Sunday that Yuguda, in a statement made to the EFCC, said he gave a total of N600m cash to six chairmen of the Contact and Mobilisation Committee of the PDP for the 2015 general elections.
Those who allegedly benefitted included Chief Bode George (South-West); Amb. Yerima Abdullahi (North-East); Peter Odili (South-South); Attahiru Bafarawa (North-West); Jim Nwobodo (South -East); and Ahmadu Ali (North-Central).
While Bafarawa a former governor of Sokoto State, has since confessed to receiving N100m, George, who is currently in the United Kingdom, told one of our correspondents during a telephone interview on Sunday that only $30,000 cash was given to him as the head of the South-West committee.
He said the committee was not a mobilisation committee but an elders’ consultative committee set up to reconcile aggrieved party members ahead of the elections.
The PDP chieftain explained that the South-West committee had three PDP elders from each of the six states in the South-West.
It was learnt that the three delegates that represented Lagos were George, a former Minister of Works, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe; and a former Minister of Communications, Maj. Gen Tajudeen Olanrewaju (retd.).
Other members of the committee were former Ogun State Governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel; Senator Femi Kila (Ekiti); and a former National Vice Chairman, PDP South-West, Senator Yinka Omilani (Osun).
George added, “Yuguda gave me $30,000 to share among ourselves. Each person received $1,500 including myself.
George was reacting to a report on Sunday that Yuguda, in a statement made to the EFCC, said he gave a total of N600m cash to six chairmen of the Contact and Mobilisation Committee of the PDP for the 2015 general elections.
Those who allegedly benefitted included Chief Bode George (South-West); Amb. Yerima Abdullahi (North-East); Peter Odili (South-South); Attahiru Bafarawa (North-West); Jim Nwobodo (South -East); and Ahmadu Ali (North-Central).
While Bafarawa a former governor of Sokoto State, has since confessed to receiving N100m, George, who is currently in the United Kingdom, told one of our correspondents during a telephone interview on Sunday that only $30,000 cash was given to him as the head of the South-West committee.
He said the committee was not a mobilisation committee but an elders’ consultative committee set up to reconcile aggrieved party members ahead of the elections.
The PDP chieftain explained that the South-West committee had three PDP elders from each of the six states in the South-West.
It was learnt that the three delegates that represented Lagos were George, a former Minister of Works, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe; and a former Minister of Communications, Maj. Gen Tajudeen Olanrewaju (retd.).
Other members of the committee were former Ogun State Governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel; Senator Femi Kila (Ekiti); and a former National Vice Chairman, PDP South-West, Senator Yinka Omilani (Osun).
George added, “Yuguda gave me $30,000 to share among ourselves. Each person received $1,500 including myself.
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