As Nigerians are yet to recover from the infamous Dasuki’s arm deal scandal, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has beamed its searchlight on a former governor and some top chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party over alleged N310 million vehicles-for party deal.
Uche Secondus, PDP deputy national chairman is implicated in the N310m vehicles deal
The Nation reported that the national secretary of the party, Professor Wale Oladipo, is yet to response to the invitation of the anti-graft agency.
It was learnt EFCC has discovered that a PDP former governor allegedly connived with a businessman to divert oil receipts into buying vehicles for the PDP during the 2015 campaign period.
The said ex-governor is said to be the brain behind the N310 million worth of vehicles given to deputy national chairman of his party, Prince Uche Secondus, who is under the custody of the EFCC.
The source who does not want to be named said: “The ongoing probe of the oil-receipts-vehicles-for-party deal has revealed that a former South-South governor and some chieftains of the PDP were involved. All these people will be invited for interrogation too.
“The former governor used his influence to prevail on the businessman to “donate vehicles” to the PDP. “So far, only a former Minister of Foreign Affairs has admitted receiving a vehicle as a gift from Secondus.
“But some of those concerned have been desperate in looking for court injunctions to retrain the EFCC from either inviting or arresting them.”
He added that Secondus is yet to make any firm commitment as to return the fund used to purchase 23 vehicles given to him by a businessman.
The PDP chieftain had told the anti-graft agency that he will return the vehicles within a month, a condition that did not go down well with it.
Speaking the arrest, Secondus’s lawyer, Emeka Etiaba (SAN) said his client is yet to be granted bail thus still in detention.
On even his client will refund the money, the lawyer denied any knowledge of Secondus ever defrauding anyone or even accused of stealing any fund. He stated that all he knows is the bail application of his client.
In a related development,The EFCC had begun a manhunt for Mahmood Ahmadu, the fugitive associate of the former minister of the interior, Abba Moro.
The commission had asked the international police and other agencies in the United Kingdom to apprehend Ahmadu.
