I made N5.6m in three years, Donald Duke tells INEC

The National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, Donald
Duke, says he earned a combined sum of N5, 618, 419 between 2015
and 2017.

Duke stated this in his tax certificate with serial number
290664, which was attached to his Form CF001 and submitted to the
Independent National Electoral Commission.

Within the same period, Duke also paid tax to the tune of N400,
000.

The former governor of Cross River State claimed to have made
the money from business.

Duke stated in his form that he had never been indicted for
fraud by a judicial panel even as he said he had never been
involved in certificate forgery.

The former governor attached his school certificate from the
West African Examination Council indicating that he passed all
subjects in 1977. However, mathematics was not listed among the
subjects he sat for.

Duke graduated from Ahmadu Bello University with a Second Class
(lower division) in law.

Meanwhile, the United Nations Special Representative of the
Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, and Head of
UNOWAS, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, says a UN delegation has visited
President Muhammadu Buhari and security agencies.

Chambas said they had received assurances that the 2019 general
elections would be free and fair.

Chambas said this when he paid a courtesy visit to INEC in Abuja
on Tuesday.

He said they would be visiting opposition candidates in the
coming days.

The UN official said that the rest of the world was looking
forward towards peaceful elections in Nigeria.

“We are looking forward towards a peaceful election in Nigeria.
All the member states are looking towards Nigeria,” he said.

He also urged INEC to support youth and gender participation in
the elections.

Chambas, who had earlier met with top government functionaries
including the Chief of Staff to the President, Abah Kyari, and the
Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mustapha Boss, said,
“We intend to meet other candidates in the next coming weeks.”

Also speaking, INEC National Commissioner, Mohamed Lecky, said
the commission was concerned about the possibility of Internally
Displaced Persons to participate in the forthcoming elections.