A former Minister of Mines and Steel, Architect Musa Muhammad Sada, has told the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission about his involvement in the alleged N23.29 billion poll bribery scandal.
Sada was one of the Ministers in the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan being investigated by the anti-graft agency.
Th money was said to have been made available by a former Minister of Petroleum, Deziani Alison-Madueke.
Alison-Madueke was said to have made the money available in Dollar.
It was put at $115 million.
During investigation, Sada disclosed that he was authorised by a former Governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shema, to collect the N700 million on behalf of Katsina State and remitted it to the former state’s Commissioner of Finance to keep for him (Shema).
In a related development, a former Minister of State for Agriculture, Asabe Asmau Ahmed, from Niger State, revealed how she personally signed and collected N450 million from the money.
Ahmed also stated that she kept N105 million for herself from the money.
She further alleged that the balance was given to top Peoples Democratic Party officials in Niger State.
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