If You Gave Me Jonathan's N950m Campaign Money, Come Out And Prove It - Former Kano Governor

            Former governor of Kano State and
ex-Education Minister, Malam Ibrahim
Shekarau, has denied receiving N25 million
from the alleged N950m campaign fund
shared at his residence in Kano before the
2015 general elections.
Shekarau, who spoke to the press after his
release from the custody of Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Kano
said he was ready to defend himself before
any judicial body or court of law.
He explained that somebody mentioned his
name among top members of Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, who were given N25
million each to campaign for the former
President Goodluck Jonathan.
He said he challenged the person that
indicted him before the EFCC operatives to
prove the allegation that he collected the

money.
He said: “I told the EFCC that even if it is
one naira that I was accused of collecting, I
will not pay until it is proved.
"Whoever gives me the money should come
out and explain where, when and how he
gave it to me and anything short of that, I
am ready to stay with the EFCC for years
until the allegation is proved.”
He said the operatives had searched his
house and found nothing incriminating
against him, adding that they had collected
his account number for further investigation.

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Shekarau said he was ever ready for any
investigation and would not mind if the
EFCC could trace his financial transactions
in the last 20 years.
He said he was not above mistake, but was
ready to face any investigation and where
found wanting, he would defend himself.
He said as a politician, the development
would turn to blessing to him and his
followers, saying this was not a new thing in
politics.
The former governor called on his followers
to remain calm, noting that as a believer, he
must accept destiny, be it good or bad.
The former governor and top members of
PDP in Kano are being investigated over
N950million shared at his residence for the
2015 electoral campaigns.
Shekarau also described his arrest and
detention by the EFCC as trial of life.
The two term former Governor of Kano said
"I considered my ordeal as a normal thing
for it could happened to anybody and it is
only up to us to accept this in good faith."