The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) on Thursday grilled a former President of the Senate, David
Mark in connection with alleged N5.4billion slush funds.
He is under probe for curious
payment made to him by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) under
Sambo Dasuki.
Similarly, a former Minister of
State for Niger Delta, Sam Ode is being probed over N2billion campaign funds
meant for Benue State.
The Nation reports that Mark
reported to the EFCC at about 1.45pm.
He had, late last year, presented
a medical certificate to the commission agency that he was not fit enough to
“be able to write a statement”.
Mark is accused of receiving
N200m-N550m arms procurement cash from ONSA; N2.9billion curious payment into
the account of the National Assembly’s account and shared to Senators during
Mark’s tenure; his role in about N2billion campaign funds meant for Benue
State; and illegal purchase of a N748million official residence of the Senate
President.
“We have resumed full probe of
Mark, who came to respond to issues raised for him by a panel of detectives”,
an operative told Nation.
“Being in company of his son, he
was calm during interrogation which involved the presentation of some of our
findings to him.
“All together, he has more than
three cases before the EFCC but we are gradually isolating every issue in which
he was implicated.
“By the time we release the facts
to the public, Nigerians will realize that the ongoing probe of the former
Senate President has nothing to do with politics. We have been on some aspects
of the investigation since 2015.
“In one of the findings, about
N200million was collected in cash for Mark from ONSA through a proxy”, the
source added.
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