Taiwo Adisa, Abuja
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
One of the suspects currently being tried by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in connection with the N6 billion rural electrification scandal has threatened to say what he knows about the alleged deals of a top presidency official.
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Information gathered by the Nigerian Tribune, on Monday, indicated that the suspect, a member of the House of Representatives, was said to have been saddened by the decision of the anti-graft body to rope him into the rural electrification scam, which he believed was a set up.
Some of those who had met with the lawmaker at the weekend confirmed his level of disappointment, just as they confirmed his determination “to bare all at the right time.”
The source said “I can tell you that most of the lawmakers in detention see this as a burden they have to bear, but one of them has expressed disappointment that he was being set up after he had allegedly distinguished himself as a lawmaker in past assignments.”
The source added that the lawmaker believed the whole gamut of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) scam was aimed at getting at him after his roles in the past.
The lawmaker in question was said to have disclosed his readiness to give details of fertiliser distribution scams and why local farmers may never get the product at subsidised rates.
“We have the details of the serious cartels that run fertiliser business in the country, and I also have details of the role a presidency official plays in the whole deals, if there is a fight against corruption, we should start from there,” the source quoted the lawmaker as saying.
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