Ex-minister says suspended NIA DG did not sponsor GEJ’s election

chika ebuzor 09:10 - 02 May 2017

Femi-Fani-Kayode

The suspended NIA boss said the money that was discovered in the Ikoyi apartment was meant for covert operations.

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has said that the suspended Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayo Oke did not fund Goodluck Jonathan’s election.

Fani-Kayode was the spokesman of the Goodluck Jonathan campaign organisation in 2015.

The former minister in a tweet said “The attempt to rubbish the D-G of NIA and destroy him by certain elements in govt. will fail. He did not spend one kobo on GEJ's campaign.”

Fani-Kayode had earlier alleged that Oke was covering up for Rotimi Amaechi.

According to reports, the suspended NIA boss said the money that was discovered in the Ikoyi apartment was meant for covert operations.

The minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi recently alleged that Fani-Kayode received N2b from the Rivers state government for a runway project and abandoned it.

In a swift response response, the former Minister of Aviation described Amaechi's allegation as absurd.