Soludo, the former Governor of the Central Bank, went straight to the Elders meeting along with the former PDP Board of Trustees chairman Anthony Anenih, and the current PDP chairman, Vincent Ogbulafor, in attendance and handed to them the $1.5 million appreciation gift. The meeting took place at Chief Anenih’s residence in the Asokoro area of Abuja. The money was first handed over to Ogbulafor – SR
In broad daylight: Ibori 419s $1.5 million from PDP “Elders” by SAHARAREPORTERS
“Elders” of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are at loggerheads with one of their own, the troubled former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori, whom they’ve accused of stealing a $1.5 million gift belonging to them. The sum of money was given to the Elders present at a meeting held as soon as PDP candidate in the Anambra gubernatorial election, Charles Soludo’s candidature was restored by the Supreme Court last week to run in the contest slated for next February.
Soludo, the former Governor of the Central Bank, went straight to the Elders meeting along with the former PDP Board of Trustees chairman Anthony Anenih, and the current PDP chairman, Vincent Ogbulafor, in attendance and handed to them the $1.5 million appreciation gift. The meeting took place at Chief Anenih’s residence in the Asokoro area of Abuja. The money was first handed over to Ogbulafor, but somehow, Ibori convinced Ogbulafor to let him handle the money since he is adept at handling large sums of cash.
After, the meeting however, Ibori disappeared from the venue and could not be reached for hours as he had switched off his phone. But, the “Elders,” desperate to get their share of the money went out in search and found him in Abuja where they accosted him about the money. Ibori told them he had been busy with other party matters as well as running errands for the sick “president,” Umaru Yar’adua.
But when the “Elders” pressed him for their share, he told them his assistant was handling it and urged everyone to calm down. But Saharareporters sources said that one week later, Ibori has still not distributed the loot as he disappeared, first to Lagos last Sunday and subsequently to Oghara, his hometown in Delta. He has remained there since yesterday and is unlikely to return to Abuja until after Christmas day.
The development has led some members of the “Elders Council” to begin exploring how to deal with the Delta thief. Anenih is said to be the most outraged, saying, “Ibori can never stop stealing”.
Saharareporters sent a text message to Ibori’s mobile phone number 234-802-224-3480, seeking his side of the story but he did not to respond to our inquiries.
Culled from SaharaReporters