The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Saturday
arrested a former Governor of Zamfara State, Mamuda Shinkafi; a former
Secretary to the Government of Zamfara State, Aminu Nahuce; and Senator
Hassan Nasiha, the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Zamfara
State.The arrests were in connection with the $115m (N23bn) bribe allegedly disbursed by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, through Fidelity Bank during the build-up to the 2015 general election.
EFCC sources said Saturday evening that the three PDP chieftains were arrested based on the statement of a former Minister of State for Finance, Bashir Yuguda, who reportedly confessed last week that he supervised the disbursement of N450m to leaders of the PDP in Zamfara State.
“Operatives of the EFCC Kano zonal office revealed how the N450m was received by former Zamfara SSG, Aminu Nahuce; and one Mallaha as signatories for the documents securing the release of the money on Bashir Yuguda’s instruction which was shared in his house under his supervision.
“In his statement of admission to the investigators last week, Yuguda, a former Finance Minister under ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, indicted the former Governor Shinkafi as a beneficiary of the money.
“Yuguda said in his statement that the ex-governor received N15m while Hassan Nasiha, a former senator and state PDP Chairman of Zamfara State and members of his committee received N5m,” an operative of the anti-graft agency said
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