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Governor of Kwara state, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has accused the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed of allegedly cornering hundreds of millions of naira donated to his governorship campaign.
He made the claim in an interview with ThisDay Newspaper on Sunday, where he narrated how an Igbo businessman sent N100 million to him but he did not receive it.
The governor said; “The Chief of Staff to the Kaduna State Governor called and said Lai gave us an account but it’s not going through, “can you give us another account so we can send you the money?” But I was going to campaign so I said fine.
“I came back two days later and remembered, and I said they should call him and give him an account number. When we called, he said Lai had sorted it out. That one and several. Until today, as we speak, he never told anybody that he collected money.
“There’s a businessman from the South-east. His banker came to me and said his Oga wants to speak with me. I spoke with him and he said he was sending money to me. I said, thank you very much. After the election, he called me to congratulate me.
“When he saw I was just saying ‘thank you’, then he asked if Lai didn’t deliver the money, I asked him what money? He said N100 million.”
AbdulRazaq said the unnamed Igbo businessman later called to congratulate him and also mentioned the donation, but he was unable to confirm receipt. The governor said Mohammed has failed to account for hundreds of millions donated which he intercepted and pocketed in the course of the campaign.
Mohammed did not return multiple requests from Peoples Gazette, seeking comment about the allegations.
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