SAN FRANCISCO, March 16, (THEWILL) – With barely two weeks to the general elections, the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Adamu Mu’azu and his deputy, Chief Uche Sekondus, are presently engaged in a cold war over the chairman’s alleged refusal to part with some of the cash he received from aspirants in what informed sources described as a huge shakedown scheme allegedly perpetrated by Mu’azu to squeeze cash out of aspirants who wanted to emerge flag bearers of the party at the primaries, THEWILL can authoritatively report.
Sources close to both men told THEWILL that the cordial relations between the two leaders turned frosty when Mu’azu, who is presently out of favour with President Goodluck Jonathan, allegedly refused to give Sekondus a slice from the funds estimated by our sources to be around $200 million (N450 billion).
The bickering over the funds has also fragmented the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) with members’ loyalty divided between both leaders, THEWILL can report.
The funds were said to have been received before the December primaries of the party from mostly governorship and national assembly aspirants as well as their promoters.
It was authoritatively gathered that some governorship aspirants paid out as much as $10 million to Mu’azu who in turn allowed them handpick delegates as well as electoral officers for their primaries.
However, the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has opened investigations into one of the dealings where Ndudi Elumelu, a governorship aspirant from Delta State, was allegedly made to pay about N750 million but eventually failed to clinch the party’s ticket.
THEWILL sources said the corruption in the party has spread to the presidential campaign organisation where members have been stealing funds meant for the campaign organization, a problem that has forced President Jonathan to personally supervise his uphill bid for reelection on March 28, 2015. http://thewillnigeria.com/news/pdp-multimillion-dollars-massive-shakedown-scheme-loot-tears-muazu-sekondus-apart/
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