Bafarawa: N4.6billion I Received From Dasuki Was For Spiritual Purpose

The alleged diversion of $2.2 billion meant for arms
purchase by the administration of former President
Goodluck Jonathan continue to generate more revelations
as former Sokoto State Governor Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa
denied receiving any money from the embattled former
National Security Adviser (NSA) retired Colonel Sambo
Dasuki.
Controversy has led to arrest of Dasuki and some
prominent Nigerians by the Department of State Service
(DSS) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC).
A statement in Abuja yesterday by one of his aides, a
former Special Adviser on Youths and Students Matters
during his term as Sokoto State governor, Alhaji Akibu
Dalhatu said Bafarawa has no deal with the former NSA
nor collected any money from him for any purpose.
Besides, Dalhatu lamented what he called deliberate
media campaign aimed at tarnishing the image of the
former governor saying it appears that the media was
being used to play out a script that has been written long
before now.
“The truth is that Governor Bafarawa went to the EFCC to
honour an invitation made to him by the agency while he
was abroad. He had informed them through a letter by his
lawyers that he was abroad and would honour their
invitation on return. Governor Bafarawa went to the office
of EFCC with his lawyer and an aide,” he added.
However, Bafarawa had stated that he received N4.6
billion from Dasuki for “spiritual purposes.”
Meanwhile, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) also added
its voice to the matter calling for stringent punishment for
those found guilty.
NLC president, Comrade Ayuba Wabba told journalists
yesterday in Abuja that capital punishment for offenders
cannot be ruled out to stem the tide of corruption
bedeviling the country.
Wabba noted that the mind-boggling revelation by the
erstwhile Director of Finance to Dasuki, Shuaibu Salisu,
should be commended and should be well protected as a
whistle-blower.