Jonathan's Camp in Disarray as Ex-aide Turns EFCC Informant
Former
president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan might be in yet more serious trouble
after a former aide has now become an EFCC informant exposing most of
what happened in the past administration.
Former President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
The camp of former president, Dr Goodluck Jonathan appears to be in
disarray as strong indications emerged that a deep distrust has crept
into the fold.
This development comes on the heels of the aggregation with which
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) has pursued
members of the immediate past administration for corruption,
LeadershipNG reports.
According to the report, things might still turn very ugly after
Jonathan’s special assistant on domestic matters, Dr Waripamowei Dudafa
has now become an EFCC informant. The former aide to Jonathan is now
‘collaborating’ with the anti-graft agency by leaking sensitive
documents to both officials of the APC led government and the EFCC.
A top member of the last government told a group of journalists on
Easter Monday that they wondered why the former aide, who was fingered
by the former president’s ADC, Colonel Ojogbane Adegbe as the brain
behind the disbursement of the N10 billion for PDP delegates to the
presidential nomination has not been invited by the EFCC.
According to him, it was a surprise to them that sensitive
documents which Dudafa was in custody of were in the hands of the EFCC.
The source cited such documents concerning the $6.9 million forty feet
mobile stages for the presidential campaigns and the memo from a former
permanent secretary in the presidential villa for the release of the sum
of N3.145 billion to a pro Jonathan campaign group.
”We are still in shock that one of us decided to betray simply
because he thinks he will not be touched by the EFCC. Dudafa has been
fingered as the person who sent in documents about the mobile stages
simply out of anger that the payment was made through the former
petroleum minister and not him.
"He is also fingered as the man who gave out a memo containing
the approval of some funds for the Goodluck Support Group and many other
documents are said to have got to the EFCC through him.
“We just got wind of this and when we inquired further, it was
discovered to be true because even after the former ADC said the
anti-graft body should invite Dudafa, they feigned ignorance simply
because he is being used by them to get documents."
It will be recalled that one Jones Opugu, spokesman for Ijaw Youth Assembly accused Dudafa of being “a traitor and a disgrace to the Ijaw nation.”
He had said: “We have it on good authority and have
subsequently found out to be true that Dudafa was behind the latest
probe where his former boss and former Petroleum Minister, Diezani
Allison-Madueke, were alleged to have purchased three pieces of 40 feet
mobile stages for mass public speaking at $6.9 million.
“We are also aware that more of such documents are being made available to nail our own son and his former boss”, Opugu stated.
Also penultimate week, operatives of the EFCC were said to have
intercepted a memo for the release of the N3.145billion allegedly given
to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign for disbursement to six
party chieftains and the Goodluck Support Group (GSG). A former
permanent secretary generated the memo from the Presidential Villa, it
was gathered.
One of the beneficiaries said the memo was allegedly based on the
instructions and approval of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, who is yet
to speak on allegations that he authorized many “curious” payments
before the 2015 general election.
It was gathered that the some of the beneficiaries ran to the
ex-President for help because he reportedly approved the memo. The EFCC
is insisting that the cash must be refunded.
According to sources EFCC operatives have cracked how the N3.145billion deal was struck.
A source said: “We have uncovered a memo which was raised by a
former Permanent Secretary for the release of the N3.145billion by the
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
“Preliminary findings indicated that the idea to wire money from the CBN actually came from the Presidential Villa.
“We are looking into all clues in order to identify more public
officers and PDP chieftains involved in the alleged diversion of public
funds from the CBN to the campaign directorate.
“After completing the first stage of investigation, we will then invite some of the suspects for interrogation.”
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