An governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State, Sir Paul Chukwuma, has described the $374, 000 TETFUND fraud allegations in opposition to him because the handiwork of those that wish to tarnish his integrity as a result of he’s aspiring to control the state.
He advised newsmen in his Umueri, Anambra East native authorities space nation residence yesterday that the nation’s anti-graft company, ICPC has all of the details regarding the TETFUND mission as executed by his firm, and, argued that the story revealed concerning the alleged fraud by a web based platform whereby he was indicted couldn’t have come from the ICPC as claimed within the publication.
He, acknowledged that in any occasion it’s confirmed that the web platform report emanated from the ICPC , it due to this fact exhibits that somebody throughout the company had been purchased over to tarnish his integrity, and, vowed that he would cease at “nothing to battle again”.
Chukwuma fairly insisted that the cash was legitimately earned by him by his firm in a contract with the federal authorities and argued that no one had the powers to cease him from spending cash earned legitimately.
“The cash is within the firm’s account which was legitimately earned and I don’t wish to consider that Sahara Reporters revealed that story and all of the paperwork that has to do with the contract are within the custody of the Impartial Corrupt Practices and Different Associated Offences Fee, ICPC “
“There’s a determine case on the Courtroom in Solomon vs Solomon and the courtroom dominated that there’s a distinction between the title of the corporate from the proprietor of the corporate and you can not drag me into the problem as a result of there’s a distinction between me and my firm “
“That is simply an try by political opponents to intimidated me from my ambition to serve my state because the governor of Anambra and since they’ve come to grasp that I’m the candidate to beat so that they provide you with all method of allegations as a result of there’s an election this 12 months”
Narrating the story regarding the contract in query, the APC guber hopeful mentioned “A mission was given to my firm for the coaching and it’s an Mental Property Proper and we had conferences with the Tet Discovered to ship to Nigerian college students and my native firm constructed the info base and Tet Discovered would purchase the small print to ship to the scholars “
“The quantity was two million information however it was later made two million 5 hundred thousand and it’s the responsibility and duty of the establishments to eat it and a few did whereas some didn’t and it’s not the responsibility of my firm to begin in search of these establishments that didn’t “
“The quantity was 502 workers to be skilled within the six geopolitical zones within the nation and over 400 workers took half but we carried out one other coaching for those who didn’t present up earlier than which the ICPC is conscious of that so it’s the hand work of political detractors to run me down however I can’t be cowed by them as a result of I shall win the ticket of my get together and finally win the principle election and no one can cease , intimidated or cow me as a result of my data are clear and I pay my taxes and don’t have anything to cover “ he mentioned.
Chukwuma described the declaration of Prince C. N. Ukachukwu within the race for the APC ticket, and, others from different political events to the get together as a transparent testomony that APC has been correctly rebranded within the state, and, due to this fact has the capability to win the approaching governorship election.
Although he mentioned he was positive to safe the backing of the APC stakeholders throughout all ranges to fly the ticket, he, nevertheless, mentioned that if God determined on the finish of the day that it might be one other particular person, he would help such a candidate within the spirit of a bonafide get together loyalist.
He insisted, nevertheless, that he was dedicated to profitable the governorship election to allow him to alter the ugly face the state is presently carrying.
