Senator Dino Melaye has come out in defense of the late Prince Abubakar Audu over allegations b the EFCC that he stole N11billion from the State.
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| Senator Dino Melaye |
Senator Dino Melaye, yesterday affirmed that former governor of
Kogi State and the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate in the
last Saturday’s inconclusive election, Prince Abubakar Audu did not
loot public funds while in office.
It would be recalled that the late Audu was on March 18, 2013
arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, before
an Abuja High Court on 36 count-charge bordering on criminal breach of
trust and misappropriation of public funds to the tune of N10,
965,837,040.
The senator representing Kogi-West while speaking during a late show on the African Independent Television described the allegations as a witch-hunt.
According to Dino, “How can a man who received N17bn in less than four years steal N11bn? This was a man who paid pensioners, did not owe workers and carried out a big infrastructural development in the state. What has the EFCC been investigating since 2003? It is all politics. Audu never stole Kogi’s money. This was a man who built Kogi State University, Kogi State Polytechnic, Obajana Cement Factory and signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Dangote Cement. Audu built all the institutions that exist in the state today.”
He ended by praising the late Audu for his selfless nature which accounts for the massive votes he raked in the Kogi gubernatorial votes before his death.
“Audu was the only politician who was down to earth in Kogi State. I was his closest political associate. He loved his people. He was a friend of the downtrodden. It will be difficult for any other governor to connect with the people like Audu did. A man who was ready to listen to bean cake sellers and cobblers was a man to be taken seriously,’" Melaye added.
The senator representing Kogi-West while speaking during a late show on the African Independent Television described the allegations as a witch-hunt.
According to Dino, “How can a man who received N17bn in less than four years steal N11bn? This was a man who paid pensioners, did not owe workers and carried out a big infrastructural development in the state. What has the EFCC been investigating since 2003? It is all politics. Audu never stole Kogi’s money. This was a man who built Kogi State University, Kogi State Polytechnic, Obajana Cement Factory and signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Dangote Cement. Audu built all the institutions that exist in the state today.”
He ended by praising the late Audu for his selfless nature which accounts for the massive votes he raked in the Kogi gubernatorial votes before his death.
“Audu was the only politician who was down to earth in Kogi State. I was his closest political associate. He loved his people. He was a friend of the downtrodden. It will be difficult for any other governor to connect with the people like Audu did. A man who was ready to listen to bean cake sellers and cobblers was a man to be taken seriously,’" Melaye added.
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