Members of PDP fight their chairman over N70m campaign fund

Tension is brewing in the fold of the Peoples Democratic Party in
Bayelsa State over a plot to remove its Chairman, Col. Sam Inokoba
(retd.,) over his alleged involvement in the diversion of N70m
presidential campaign fund.
The fund, it was learnt, was allegedly provided by the Minster of
Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, to support the party
at hosting President Goodluck Jonathan's campaign rally in Yenagoa
last Friday.
Those plotting Inokoba's removal accused him of allegedly diverting
N40m out of the N70m provided for the party.
The party boss was also accused of taking a substantial share from the
remaining N30m unknown to the members of the State Working Committee
of the party.
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The move to remove Inokoba is already creating palpable tension
between his loyalists and aides of Governor Seriake Dickson.
Those calling for the removal of the chairman attributed the collapse
of Inokoba during the presidential rally to the supposed pressure
created over the alleged fund diversion.
The discovery that the amount given to the party was N70m and not
N40m, blew open during the PDP presidential rally which was attended
by Diezani.
Attempts to get Inokoba to react to the allegation were not successful
as several calls to his mobile phone rang out.
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