Former secretary to the Federal government, Olu Falae has said that he is ashamed to e linked to the alleged $2.1 billion meant for the procurement of arms for the nation’s soldiers that are fighting Boko Haram insurgents in the North East but allegedly diverted by the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki for different purposes.
Falae, who is the national leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), speaking at a meeting of his party in Abuja, said that judging from his pedigree and stand against corruption in the past, it was really unfair to assume that he collected the said N100 million from the former NSA.
He however, explained that the N100 million was the money given to the SDP by the then ruling party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) which he insisted was meant to assist the party (PDP) in campaigning.
He said that the fact that he was the national leader of the party does not mean that he was given the money for his personal use but that the PDP and the SDP agreed to work together.
Since the PDP had money, he argued, it made donations to smaller party to assist in campaigning for its candidates.
Meanwhile, members of the SDP has passed a vote of confidence on Falae and urged him to continue with his leadership of the party as they were solidly behind him. [myad]
