A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Senator Jim Nwobodo has denied ever receiving any money from the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA.
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| Senator Jim Nwobodo |
In a statement issued by his spokesman, John Okoreni, he said the reports that he got the money from the former minister were unfounded.
Nwobodo said he was the Chairman of the Contact Committee of the PDP Presidential Campaign for the Southeast, overseeing Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo States.
He said the only fund received by the committee for its work was N100 million from PDP’s National Chairman, Dr. Adamu Mu’azu.
The money, he said, was for logistics, travelling and mobilisation of party members in the zone for the presidential election
Nwobodo who is currently abroad on a medical spoke in response to reported claims by former minister of state for finance, Bashir Yuguda that Nwobodo received N100 million from the funds he, Yuguda got from the ONSA.
“The fund was properly disbursed to the states and dully signed by members of the committee for each state and accounted for to the party. At no time did Senator Nwobodo receive money from any person other than the then National Chairman of the party.
“It would be unusual for Senator Nwobodo and other members of his committee to query the source of campaign fund coming from the National Chairman of his party for official functions and purposes.
“This statement is meant to put the record straight and correct the impression making round some media on the alleged distribution of money by Bashir Yuguda as it concerns Senator Nwobodo,” the statement said.
According to Nwobodo, said that it was out of place for him as a loyal party man to ask the source of the money received from the national chairman, he said:“In the first place, I don’t know Col. Sambo Dasuki; I have never met him in person; I have never had any interaction with him. And I didn’t receive money from him.
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