Falae, SDP Blow Hot, Speaks on N100m Allegedly Collected From CBN
Chief
Olu Falae and the SDP have gone after the EFCC for reporting in the
public sphere that he and the party collected N100 million from the
Central Bank of Nigeria.
Chief Olu Falae
The Social Democratic Party, SDP, yesterday denied claims made by
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission that its Chairman, Chief
Olu Falae, received N100million from the Central Bank of Nigeria and the
Joint trust Dimension Limited.
This view was made public through a statement issued in Akure by the state Publicity Secretary of the Party Remi Olayiwola.
According to the statement; “The party and it’s national
Chairman never had any business dealing or transaction whatsoever with
either the CBN or the Joint trust Dimension Limited.
“We wish to inform the general public that it is the same
amount sent by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the SDP as a result
of their inter-party agreement that is now being re-presented to the
public through another dubious channel in order to portray Chief Falae
and the SDP in bad light.
“It is falsehood. It has failed in the past and it will fail
again no matter how many times our detractors attempt to smear our name
obviously for political reasons. The party noted that.
"On many occasions in the recent past , Chief Falae had
reiterated that the sum of N100m was transferred by the PDP through its
former Chairman, Board of Trustee, chief Tony Anenih to the SDP through
him as the National Chairman of his own party.“
“It is also a statement of fact that the national secretariat
of the SDP has confirmed through a widely publicized Press Conference
that the N100m was received in full by the party having remitted to the
party account by Chief Olu Falae.”
“We strongly believe that this new story is yet another attempt
aimed at further embarrassing Chief Falae and especially the SDP which
the initiators now perceived to be towering in the Politics of Nigeria
.
“The EFCC at one point said that the N100million was from Dasuki, a lie which has now been effectively debunked.
“Now they are claiming that the money was from a company known
as Joint Trust Dimension Nigeria Limited, an entity totally unknown to
Chief Falae and the SDP."
It
would be recalled the EFCC on Tuesday alleged that N100 million was
traced to the account of Chief Falae while N840million was traced to the
account of Chief Fani Kayode and some members of the PDP ahead of the
last presidential polls.
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