2015 elections: We shared millions of naira to security agencies – Belgore SAN

Dele Belgore yesterday told a Federal High Court, Lagos, that
part of the N450 million he allegedly received from former Minister
of Petroleum Diezani Madueke during the 2015 general elections was
shared to the police, the army, the Department of State Security
and others.

Belgore, alongside Professor Abubakar Sulaiman, a former
Minister of National Planning, standing trial before the court over
N450 million fraud, had pleaded not guilty and were granted
bails.

At the resumed trial yesterday, Belgore, who was the Kwara
State’s coordinator of the People’s Democratic Party Campaign
Organisation, while being cross-examined by the prosecutor, Rotimi
Oyedepo, said N10m, N1m, N2m, N1m and N1m were given to the state’s
CP, resident AIG, DCP Operations, ACP operations and ACP
administration respectively; while

N7m, N10m and N2.5m were given to MOPOL O/C, 2i/c MOPOL Unit
Commander and Director of DSS and men respectively.

Belgore added that N50m and N20m were given to the military and
other security agencies such as FRSC and officers of the Civil
Defence Corps. Further hearing of the trial was adjourned to July
2.

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