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I’m Ready To Remain In EFCC Detention For Years until… – Shekarau

Shekarau“I am ready to stay with the EFCC for years until the allegation (that I collected N25 Million) for the Goodluck Jonathan Presidential campaign) is proved.”

This was the reaction of the immediate past minister of education and former Kano state governor, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau when he appeared before the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC).

Shekarau who denied ever collecting N25 Million for Jonathan’s campaign in 2015 from the alleged N950m campaign fund shared at his residence in Kano before the 2015 general elections in Nigeria.

He told news men after his release from the custody of the EFCC in Kano said that he is ready to defend himself before any judicial body or court of law.

He recalled that somebody mentioned his name among top members of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who were given N25m each to campaign for the former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan even as he challenged the person that indicted him before the EFCC operatives to prove the allegation that he collected the money.

“I told the EFCC that even if it is one naira that I was accused of collecting, I will not pay until it is proved. Whoever gives me the money should come out and explain where, when and how he gave it to me and anything short of that, I am ready to stay with the EFCC for years until the allegation is proved.”

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Shekarau said that the operatives have searched his house and could not find anything incriminating against him, adding that they have collected his account number for further investigation.

He said that he is ever ready for any investigation and would not mind if the EFCC can trace his financial transactions of 20 years back, adding that he was not above mistake, but that he was ready to face any investigation and where found wanting he will defend himself.

He said that as a politician, the development will turn to blessing to him and his followers, saying that this is not a new thing in politics.

The former governor called on his followers to remain calm, and that as a believer, he must accept the destiny whether good or bad.

The former governor and top members of PDP in Kano are being investigated over N950 Million shared at his residence for the 2015 electoral campaigns. [myad]

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