After due diligence SSS asks Buhari to prosecute Oshiomhole — Report

The State Security Service, SSS, has asked President Muhammadu
Buhari to prosecute Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, for allegedly receiving at least
$55million in bribes before and after the party primaries all over
the country.

SaharaReporters had exclusively reported that the APC national
chairman is believed to have received a total of $55 million as
bribe from aspirants, just as some party chieftains claim it is $80
million.

According to report, $17 million is what Oshiomhole allegedly
received as a bribe from Zamfara: $10 million for him, $7 million
shared between Farouk Adamu, former Minority Leader of the House of
Representatives; Niyi Adebayo, former Governor of Ekiti State. He
received from other party chieftains, too.

“Adamu was the collection coordinator,” said the source.

“Hope Uzodinma, the APC governorship candidate in Imo State,
gave $3 million; Rochas Okorocha, Governor of the state, offered
$500,000 but it was rejected; Dapo Abiodun, the APC candidate in
Ogun State, paid $5 million. The DSS also said some of the money
was paid into Oshiomhole’s niece’s account.”

It is unclear if Mr Buhari would follow the recommendation of
the SSS for Mr Oshiomhole’s prosecution.

However, it was gathered that there is pressure from Bola
Tinubu, the National Leader of the APC, and Vice President Yemi
Osinbajo, to give the national chairman a soft landing.

“Their thought is that with the 2019 election so close, such
upheaval will not be in the interest of the party’s aspiration for
victory,” the source said.

At a glance, below, is a table showing those names confirmed by
SaharaReporters to have been listed by the DSS report as paying or
attempting to pay bribes, in millions or hundreds of thousands, to
Oshiomhole and his cronies.