By Ahmad Umar
Gombe -(Nigeria)– Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested former Ag. Governor of Taraba State, north east of the country, Sani Abubakar Dalladi over alleged N450million naira 2015 presidential election campaign funds.
The Economic and Finance Crimes Commission disclosed this in a press statement made available to Journalists in Gombe.
The statement alleged that Dalladi collected the money through Senator Joel Dallami Ikenya and Mark Bako Useni during the 2015 Presidential Election.
The amount in question was part of the N23b allegedly doled out by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison Madueke to influence the out come of the 2015 presidential election
“Dalladi told interrogators that he chaired the 8man committee that disbursed the money for Taraba state. He further stated that, he and the other members of the committee shared N36m among themselves while the balance of N414m was distributed to other stakeholders across the 16 local government areas of the state and one Development Area Council”, EFCC said.
The statement said that Dalladi was arrested and detained in Abuja last week, and later released on bail to reliable sureties, but asked to report to EFCC Gombe Zonal office for further investigation.