Reports reaching us say that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has frozen one of the bank accounts operated by former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode.
This is in connection with the allegation against the former spokesman of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo that he received money from ex-President Goodluck Jonathan in the build-up to the 2015 elections.
The anti-graft agency is investigating an alleged N4billion campaign cash Jonathan, which was shared among some people, including Fani-Kayode.
It was alleged that the money was withdrawn from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and shared to 10 other directors, directorates, zonal directors and state directors of the Presidential Campaign Organization of Jonathan.
Former Minister of Finance, Mrs Nenadi Usman, was apprehended this week by the EFCC in connection with the alleged fraud.
But Fani-Kayode, in a statement on Friday titled ‘The Money Transfers and the Truth about the Presidential Campaign Funds’, declared that he knew nothing about the withdrawal of the said cash from the CBN or funding of the campaign by the former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki.
However, he admitted that campaign funds were paid into the account of a company linked with Mrs Usman, from where it was shared to him and others.
According to reports, the money was shared as follows: Fani-Kayode (N840million); Goodluck Support Group (N320million); Achike Udenwa and Viola Onwuliri (N350million); Nenadi Usman (N140million); and Okey Ezenwa (N100million).
Fani-Kayode has challenged the EFCC to “do their worse”.
