Following the revelations as concerning the N23 billion fraud being investigated into by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the anti-graft agency has begun action on the implicated Northern ministers.
Recall that the N23 billion laundered by the former minister of petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke during the last general elections held in 2015 was reported to have been disbursed using Fidelity Bank.
Investigations into the scandal by the anti-graft agency has however revealed that a total of N5,097,064,000 was disbursed and received by representatives from seven states in the Northwest zone of the country.
Further reports revealed that a total of N1, 356,620,000 was shared among two beneficiaries from Kano state, part of which the sum of N950,000,000 was received by the former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Aminu Bashir Wali.
A sum of N406,206,000 was also received by Sani Isa, a retiree of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Kano State on behalf of the late Kano State INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Alhaji Mukaila Abdullahi.
Both collections from the North were reported to have been made through Fidelity Bank Plc after identities of the recipients were duly confirmed.
Also implicated in the scandal is the former Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, Dr Nurudeen Muhammad who represented Jigawa. Investigations revealed that he received N500,000,000 out of N750,000,000 disbursed to Jigawa State.
The EFCC has since taken the representatives from Kano and Jigawa into custody along with the former staff of INEC as the anti-graft agency investigates further into the whereabouts of the remaining N250,000,000.
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