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A Peoples Democratic Party national delegate from Kaduna State, Tanko Sabo, has said that he donated over N12 million he got from the party’s presidential primary to the less-privileged in the Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna.
The PUNCH reports on Thursday morning that Sambo said he wasn’t afraid that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission might come after him, adding that he “satisfied my conscience and all my people are happy”.
According to him, he made a promise to his constituents to give back whatever monetary benefits he got at the PDP primary if elected as a delegate.
Sabo also refused to divulge the names of the aspirants who gave him such monies but he tersely said, “They are many.”
When asked which of the aspirants he eventually voted for, Sabo said, “It is personal.”
On how the money was disbursed, the delegate said he paid N6.9 million as “WAEC and NECO examination fees for 150 orphans and the underprivileged” and added that he gave N100,000 as logistics to the five-man committee set up to go round the schools and pay the examination fees because “implementation is important”.
He added that N3.2 million was spent on the purchase of 42 customised jerseys to promote sports among the youths in the area.
Sabo said PDP executives in the 11 wards in his local government got N1.3 million from his largesse while N350,000 went to the elderly.
The PDP delegate has been trending on social media with many commending his action and describing him as a “delegate with a difference”.
