Former governor of Rivers State, Peter Odili has released a statement
denying claims that he received N100 million from the embattled former
National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) through former
minister of state, finance, Bashir Yuguda. Odili who is a chieftain of
the former ruling party, said the only money he collected was from PDP
which was released by for the 2015 elections contact and mobilisation
committees of the party.
“My attention has been drawn to some publications where a former
Minister of State (Finance), Mr Bashir Yuguda was quoted to have said
that he allegedly gave me the sum of N100 million, out of the money he
purportedly collected from the former National Security Adviser,” he
said in a statement Tuesday.
"I decided to personally sign this rebuttal because
over the years, I had ignored various spurious and patently false
reports against me because I know that at the fullness of time, the
truth would surely prevail. I categorically state with all sense of
responsibility that I have never had any dealings, private or business
or official, with the former National Security Adviser, so the issue of
allegedly collecting N100 million from either the former NSA or Mr
Yuguda does not arise,” he stated
Odili went further to state that "The party, not the former NSA or
Yuguda gave the South -South Committee through me, the sum of N100
million along with other zonal Chairmen, in the house of the National
Chairman, Dr. Adamu Muazu, for the assignment. This amount was
subsequently disbursed to the relevant party members from the zone for
the assignment given by the party. I have the appointment letter and
terms of reference, minutes of all the meetings, signatures of all the
members and the report of the zonal committee, which was duly submitted
to the Party Leader. I reiterate for the purpose of emphasis, that I had
no dealings with the former NSA, neither did I collect any money from
Yuguda. I challenge anyone who has any contrary evidence to produce
it,”.
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