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I Collected N345m Arms Deal Consultations From Dasuki—PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu

<h4>I Collected N345m Arms Deal Consultations From Dasuki<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>Arms deal scandal&comma; earlier reported in Daily Trust newspaper&comma; Iyorchia Ayu&comma; former minister now national chairman&comma; Peoples Democratic Party&comma; PDP&comma; admitted he collect huge sum from Sambo Dasuki for consultancy<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><em>Former Senator of the Federal Republic&comma; Iyorchia Ayu has explained why he collected N345m from the controversial arms deal funds through former National Security Adviser&comma; Sambo Dasuki&period;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><em>Ayu&comma; a native of Benue State said he collected the money as consultation fee on difficult issues&period;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><em>He said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When I served on the National Security Council as Minister of Internal Affairs&comma; I got educated that various aspects of security work could be pushed under different classifications&period;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Any funds remitted to the company were for consultancies on security related and electoral matters&period;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When Colonel Sambo Dasuki assumed duty in June 2012&comma; he approached me to assist based on my background as a social scientist and my previous involvement in government&period;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Understandably&comma; I provided the requisite advice whenever consulted on difficult issues&period; It is also public knowledge that I have considerable knowledge of Nigerian politics and skills for competitive political organisation&period;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is why in 1999&comma; General Olusegun Obasanjo appointed me as Director-General of his campaign&comma;” he said<&sol;em><&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Source&colon; DailyTrust&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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