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‘Lai Mohammed Stole ₦100m Sent To Me By Igbo Businessman For Election’ – AbdulRazaq
Data minister Lai Mohammed has been accused of being a thief after allegedly cornering lots of of thousands and thousands of naira donated to the governorship marketing campaign of AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq.
“The Chief of Workers to the Kaduna State Governor known as and mentioned Lai gave us an account however it’s not going by, “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 mentioned positive.
“I got here again two days later and remembered, and I mentioned they need to name him and provides him an account quantity. After we known as, he mentioned Lai had sorted it out. That one and a number of other. Till in the present day, as we communicate, he by no means informed anyone that he collected cash.
“There’s a businessman from the South-east. His banker got here to me and mentioned his Oga needs to talk with me. I spoke with him and he mentioned he was sending cash to me. I mentioned, thanks very a lot. After the election, he known as me to congratulate me.
“When he noticed I used to be simply saying ‘thanks’, then he requested if Lai didn’t ship the cash, I requested him what cash? He mentioned N100 million,” Mr AbdulRazaq informed ThisDay in an interview out on Sunday.
The governor mentioned the unnamed Igbo businessman later known as to congratulate him and likewise talked about the donation, however he was unable to verify receipt. The governor mentioned Mr Mohammed has did not account for lots of of thousands and thousands donated he intercepted and pocketed in the middle of the marketing campaign.
Mr AbdulRazaq mentioned his emergence as governor in Kwara through the 2019 election was despite Mr 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.
Mr Mohammed didn’t return a number of requests looking for remark in regards to the allegations from Peoples Gazette. However the minister has beforehand denied stealing marketing campaign funds, saying as an alternative 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 through which Mr 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, mentioned 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.
