I Would Open Up On My Involvement In The Arms Deal Scandal - Chief Falae

Chief Olu Falae

Yesterday, Chief Olu Falae,Chairman of  Social Democratic Party, SDP said he has made up his mind to address the issue of his alleged involvement in the ongoing probe of arms deal scandal of former National security Adviser for next week .

This news came because he insisted that the alleged N100 million linking with with the former NSA was not given to him by Dansuki but by the Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stating that he had not been in communication with the former security chief since 1987,then he was Secretary to the Federal Government and Dansuki was the Aide-de-Camp, ADC to then military president, General Ibrahim Babangida.
He said he was ashamed to be linked with the scandal, adding that he had not involved himself in any shady deal in his life.
 he said: “I have said so several times and I will say so now as a believer in God, that I did not collect even one naira from Col. Dasuki. Not just that, that I have had absolutely no feelings whatsoever, with Col. Dasuki. I think the last time I saw Col. Dasuki must have been in 1987, when he was ADC to General Babangida and I was Secretary to the Federal Government. So we worked together, that was on 1987.That is 29 years ago. So, ladies and gentlemen, please, put your mind at rest. I have nothing to  do with Dasuki. I took no money from Dasuki.
“The N100 million they are talking about, it was the money sent by the PDP to our party, SDP, following our endorsement of their presidential candidate. After a hotly debate, we agreed to endorse their candidate and after the endorsement, they said ‘we know that your party hasn’t got money with which to campaign for our candidate. To enable you campaign effectively for him and your candidate, we want to send you some money and I said thank you.’

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