PDP chieftain denies receiving N63m from Anenih

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January 7, 2016 5:19 AM

The PDP chieftain also confirmed that none of the traditional leaders were given any money.

Tanko Yakassai

A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Alhaji Tanko Yakassai, has denied that he received N63m from Chief Tony Anenih.

Yakassai, in a telephone interview with our Punch Newspapers, said the money was not up to the reported amount.

He said “The amount being bandied about is not what was given to me. It is true Chief Anenih gave the committee of eminent persons which I headed some funds for our assignment, the money being quoted is not what we received.”

Adding that “The committee of nine persons which I led was given an assignment to reach out to traditional rulers on the need for them to ensure peaceful elections in their domains because there was tension in prior to the 2015 general elections.”

“We went round 18 states and Abuja where we met two in each of the states we visited, we started with the Sultan of Sokoto, we could not meet with traditional rulers in Gombe because on the day of our visit, Boko Haram attacked the town and there were reports that they were targeting the Government House where we were at that time,” Yakassai said.

He said “No. We were not given any money to give any of them and we did not give them any money.

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“The money the committee received was for logistics such as transport and accommodation. We wrote a report after our assignment which started on January 14 and ended on February 15, 2015, the records are there.”

Tanko Yakassai has since denied receiving any money directly from Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.

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