Chief Olu
Falae, Social Democratic Party National Chairman, on Sunday, dismissed reports that the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, EFCC, ordered him to refund the N100m he collected
from Chief Tony Anenih the former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples
Democratic Party.
Falae was recently accused of
benefitting from the $2.1bn funds meant for the procurement of arms for
the military fighting insurgents in the north-east.
It will be
recalled that while admitting that the said money was transferred to
him, he said it was meant to mobilize voters for the PDP in the last
election.
Subsequent reports have had it that he was asked by the EFCC to return the controversial funds.
But
speaking with The Punch, Falae affirmed that no one ever asked him to
return the money, which was alleged to have come from the embattled
former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd).
Credit: Daily Post
Falae
said, “The PDP gave me money and I gave the money to the SDP, which has
confirmed receipt of the money. No one has asked me to return any
money.”
He said, “I did not tell anyone that I was asked to return the money. The reports showed great bias towards me.”
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