Former Minister of Aviation, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, has described the fraud charges against him as politically motivated.
Mr Fani-Kayode stated this on Wednesday
on Channels Television’s politics programme where he faulted the charges
filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
“I have done absolutely nothing wrong
and neither have any of my co-accused. I saw this coming the day we lost
elections and it was announced that the other side had won.
“I refused to leave the country just as I refused to leave the country in 2008 when I was accused of things then.
“I have absolutely no doubt that in the
end of this particular exercise I will be declared innocent by the court
simply because it is very obvious that this is a politically motivated
allegation,” he said.
The former Minister denied receiving
funds from government agencies to run the campaigns of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2015 general elections.
He criticised the allegations, stating that the money used to fund the PDP campaign was gotten from the party’s private account.
“You asked a direct question, did I
receive money from any government agency for my operations within the
campaign? The answer is no.
“Our Director of Finance sent money out
to the various directors including me from our own private company
account for us to run our operations.
“I was given only 10% of what I needed
(very small) about 800 million Naira to run a campaign for three months
and we utilised that money,” he said.
Fani-Kayode said that the charges before
him have brought him no regret working for former President Goodluck
Jonathan, saying that he was not the only person that has been facing
charges.
Fani-Kayode’s interview with Channels is contained in a three-part video. It is a must watch.
Credit: Signal
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