Don't ask me for any money but ask Chief Tony.

NATIONAL Chairman of the
Social Democratic Party, Chief Olu Falae,
Monday, said he would not refund the N100
million he collected from Chief Tony Anenih,
which has been alleged to
have come from
the former National Security Adviser, Col.
Sambo Dasuki.
Chief Falae, explained that the amount was
given to him for onward delivery to his party,
to assist sell ex-President Goodluck
Jonathan’s second term bid, saying it was
not paid through the office of the former NSA.
To this end, he has asked the government to
hold Anenih, former Board of Trustees of the
PDP, the source of the money rather than
either himself or his party.
Speaking at a press conference, in Abuja,
through the party’s National Publicity
Secretary, Dr. Abdul Ahmed Isaiq, Falae
insisted that his party would not return any
money to the government coffers, since the
money it got was neither from Col. Dasuki
nor Office of the National Security Adviser.
He explained that the money was as a result
of electoral alliance his party entered with
the then ruling Peoples Democratic Party, to
deliver the then President Goodluck
Jonathan in his re-election quest.
He said those who were returning money to
the government were those who got money
directly from the Office of the former NSA,
saying he cannot be part, since he did not get
the money from Dasuki or the office he was
occupying.
“In terms of refund of money, I want to say
here that those people who are refunding
money are those who got their money
directly from the arms deal fund.
“Our fund did not come from the arms deal,
our fund came from an electoral alliance with
the PDP and we knew that the PDP had a
fund raising committee that gathered billions
of naira and PDP had been in government for
16 years.
” So, with that, we knew that the PDP had the
capacity to fund the alliance that was formed
with them by the SDP, he explained.
“You don’t postulate what you don’t have on
the ground, you can’t build on a non
foundation.
“We, as a political party knew that the PDP
was a capable hand in the electoral alliance
which we entered with them. And we equally
knew that the PDP had a fund raising, where
it generated over N20 billion down.
“So, whether the money came from Col.
Sambo Dasuki or his office, is what we don’t
know and it is left for them to ask Chief Tony
Anenih to explain,