– Former President Goodluck
Jonathan’s men are being held or prosecuted by the Buhari-led administration
for alleged corruption
– He has now been reportedly fingered by the
All Progressives Congress (APC) in an allegation the party is making against
Governor Mimiko
– The party is threatening to invite the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to Ondo state to probe its
allegation against the governor Former President Goodluck Jonathan has again
being drawn into allegations against Governor Olusegun Mimiko by the All
Progressives Congress (APC).
Governor Olusegun-Mimiko Governor
Olusegun-Mimiko is alleged to have spent state allocation for re-election This
time, the ex-president is accused of approving a huge sum of federal allocation
to the governor for him to prosecute his second term election in the state. The
APC in Ondo state put the sum at N15 billion spent by Governor Mimiko for his
re-election in 2012.
Political activities are daily
heating up in the state ahead of the the governorship election later this year
and the APC currently has about 51 contenders for the position. Sahara
Reporters quoted Omo’ba Abayomi Adesanya, publicity secretary of the party in
state, as saying in a statement: “We have it on good authority that, Dr
Olusegun Mimiko, the executive governor of Ondo state, collected the sum of
fifteen billion Naira (N15b) from the federation account on the 15th day of
November 2012, which he personally signed for. “The action of the governor is
totally against due process. It was deliberately orchestrated to siphon public
funds, which has gone into private pockets with no records of it in the state.”
The Herald also reports that the APC further claimed that Goodluck Jonathan
personally ordered the release of the funds to Mimiko for his re-election.
The APC spokesman further said the
amount was received through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) into a personal
account in a deal with some cronies of the governor in the finance ministry. A
statement from him said further: “Governor Mimiko received the funds in November
2012 through the bank accounts of his cronies through the ministry of Finance
from the Central Bank of Nigeria Adesanya threatened to petition the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), if Mimiko did not explain the reasons
for the diversion of the fund. The statement said: “We hereby give the governor
a seven-day ultimatum to address the people of the State on the diverted N15
billion and refund the money to the treasury of Ondo State forthwith. READ
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these conditions within seven days, we will have no option than to write
petitions to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to help the
suffering people of Ondo State to recover the N15 billion from the pockets of
Governor Olusegun Mimiko and his friends.” Meanwhile, the commissioner for
Information, Mr Kayode Akinmade, has revealed that a total of N3. 574 billion
was allocated to the state government from the federation account for June.
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