The Director of Finance
of the Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation, Senator Nenadi Usman, has
returned N23m to the Federal Government, according to Sunday Punch.
Usman was last Thursday
arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for allegedly
receiving N2.5bn which emanated from the Central Bank of Nigeria.
A reliable source at
the EFCC told Punch’s correspondent on condition of anonymity that she had
promised to return more funds.
“Nenadi Usman has been
cooperating with us. In fact, she has returned N23m to the Federal Government,”
he said.
Usman, who is being
quizzed by the EFCC, told investigators that all she did was based on the
instructions of Jonathan, adding that she did not know that the funds belonged
to taxpayers.
According to the
source, Usman told investigators that as the Director of Finance of the Peoples
Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation, she was asked to set up a
bank account during the build-up to the election, which she did.
She allegedly said all
donations were made to Jonathan’s campaign through Joint Trust Dimensions
Nigeria Limited and it was through the said account that funds were released to
all campaign directors, zonal coordinators and other related parties and groups
which campaigned for the PDP.
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