He Stole N100 Million Sent To Me By Igbo Businessman For Election: Gov. AbdulRazaq Accuse Lai Mohammed

Lai Mohammed has been accused of being a thief after allegedly cornering lots of of hundreds of thousands of naira donated to the governorship marketing campaign of AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq.

 

“The Chief of Workers to the Kaduna State Governor referred to as and stated Lai Mohammed gave us an account but it surely’s not going via, “are you able to give us one other account so we are able to ship you the cash?” However I used to be going to marketing campaign so I stated nice.

 

“I got here again two days later and remembered, and I stated they need to name him and provides him an account quantity. Once we referred to as, he stated Lai Mohammed had sorted it out. That one and several other. Till at the moment, as we communicate, he by no means instructed anyone that he collected cash.

 

“There’s a businessman from the South-east. His banker got here to me and stated his Oga desires to talk with me. I spoke with him and he stated he was sending cash to me. I stated, thanks very a lot. After the election, he referred to as me to congratulate me.

 

“When he noticed I used to be simply saying ‘thanks’, then he requested if Lai Mohammed didn’t ship the cash, I requested him what cash? He stated N100 million,” Mr AbdulRazaq instructed ThisDay in an interview out on Sunday, adopted by Press Informant.

The governor stated the unnamed Igbo businessman later referred to as to congratulate him and likewise talked about the donation, however he was unable to substantiate receipt. The governor stated Lai Mohammed has didn’t account for lots of of hundreds of thousands donated he intercepted and pocketed in the midst of the marketing campaign.

 

Mr AbdulRazaq stated his emergence as governor in Kwara throughout the 2019 election was regardless of Lai Mohammed, regardless that they’re each of the ruling All Progressives Congress. He complained that the knowledge minister humiliated him and labored towards his curiosity within the run as much as the train.

 

Lai Mohammed didn’t return a number of requests looking for remark in regards to the allegations from newsmen. However the minister has beforehand denied stealing marketing campaign funds, saying as a substitute that he used his personal cash to fund Mr AbdulRazaq’s election.

 

Mr AbdulRazaq’s allegations confirmed the disaster in Kwara APC was removed from over. The get together has been in turmoil since its revalidation train wherein Lai Mohammed claimed malpractice by the governor’s camp.

 

The minister later issued a press release warning of the ruling get together’s disintegration in Kwara because of Mr AbdulRazaq’s intransigence. The governor, nonetheless, stated the minister was solely crying foul, and actually has no political base in Kwara.

 

The now-warring factions had coalesced in 2019 to defeat Senate President Bukola Saraki and take over a lot of the state and federal elective positions in Kwara. The accord ended a long time of political domination by the Saraki dynasty.