See the reason why Falae took the sum of N100m from Tony Anenih

Former Secretary to the Government of the

Federation (SGF), Chief Olu Falae, has admitted
that he collected N100 million from the former
chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). New
Telegraph had exclusively reported yesterday
that a former SGF and erstwhile governor in the
South-West got N100 million each from the
N260 million given to Anenih by the office of the
former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col.
Sambo Dasuki (rtd).
Falae told New Telegraph yesterday that the
money was purely an interparty affair between
the PDP and the Social Democratic Party (SDP),
which he is the National Chairman. The former
presidential candidate said the money was
given to the SDP to effectively campaign for the
PDP in the 2015 presidential election. According
to him, in the build up to the 2015 general
elections, the PDP and SDP entered into
working agreement.
His words: “In the build up to the presidential
election, the PDP approached the SDP which I
chaired. The then ruling party solicited for our
support in order for President Goodluck
Jonathan to win the March 28 presidential
election. “Anenih related with me as the
chairman of the PDP BoT and I did same as the
SDP National Chairman. He wrote to me as PDP
BoT chairman and I wrote back as SDP National
Chairman stating conditions/terms for the
alliance.
I have the record. “It is true that N100 million
was given to my party to endorse and work for
the Jonathan’s candidature in the 2015
election. We used the money for that purpose
and we effectively campaigned for the PDP
since we did not have presidential candidate in
the election. The money was not for me.
“Thank God I’m a retired civil servant. I have all
the documents to prove all that transpired
between the two parties.” The former Finance
Minister stated that there was no way he could
know that the money was from arms fund.
“With all the money PDP has and having spent
16 years in power, how would I know that the
money was from the arms deal? No reference
was made to the arms deal. So, they should not
bring me into the arms issue.
The relationship was purely interparty affairs,”
Falae told New Telegraph. New Telegraph
exclusively reported that Anenih, in his letter to
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC), stated that the former SGF and ex-
governor’s groups were given N100 million each
in the build up to the 2015 presidential election.