Former acting governor of Taraba State, Senator Sani Abubakar Danladi has told the Gombe state Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) how he and others distributed N450 million meant to influence victory for former President Goodluck Jonathan during the 2015 general elections.
According to a press statement release signed and made available to newsmen in Gombe, Wednesday by the EFCC zonal office, Danladi, who was arrested last week in Abuja but later released on bail, told EFCC investigators in Gombe that he collected the money through Senator Joel Danlami Ikenya and Honourable Mark Bako Useni.
He divulged that the funds was part of the N23 billion allegedly doled out by former Minister of Petroleum, Deziani Allison Madueke to influence the outcome of the of the 2015 Presidential election in Taraba state.
The former Acting Governor, according to the statement, also told the interrogators that he chaired the eight-man committee that disbursed the money for Taraba state.
He 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 Local Council development area.
