A former governor of Oyo state Rashidi Ladoja collected N100million from Tony Anenih, a former chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), according to Accord Party.
A letter to the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, today, January 8, signed by Nureni Adisa, the national secretary of Accord party and obtained by Premium Times reads: “Our attention has been drawn to a newspaper report that the sum of One Hundred Million Naira was released to the ACCORD leader, Senator Rashidi Ladoja by Chief Tony Anenih, the (former) Chairman BoT of the PDP.
Ex-Gov Rashidi Ladoja allegedly Received N100m From Anenih
“We confirm that the sum of One Hundred Million Naira was given to the party through our leader after series of meetings between the leadership of ACCORD and Chief Tony Anenih in preparation for the 2015 general elections.
“There was need to support the presidential candidate of the PDP since ACCORD had no presidential candidate.
“The need to ensure that peace was maintained to enhance peaceful movement during periods of campaign, elections and after the elections.
“The need for the PDP to support ACCORD campaign effort.
“Mr. Anenih released N100 million for these purposes through our leader, Senator Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja.
“The money released was accordingly used for the purposes as stated above.”
Accord party’s letter comes as a response to a letter by Anenih to the EFCC that N100 million was given to the leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Olu Falae, N100 million to the leader of Accord, Ladoja, and N63 million to a group headed by Tanko Yakassai.
Anenih accused of receiving payments from a $2.1 billion slush fund, originally meant for the purchase arms for the fight against Boko Haram, but which was allegedly diverted by a former NSA, Sambo Dasuki, said he was instructed by former President Goodluck Jonathan to release the funds to some political groups for mobilisation and post-election peace advocacy.