I have no case with EFCC – Former Enugu Governor, Sullivan Chime

A former Governor of Enugu State, Sullivan Chime, has insisted that he does not have any case with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

He said he was only invited by the commission to answer questions on party funds spent during the 2015 general elections.

Chime, who recently dumped PDP for APC, described the stories as “misplaced and emanating from detractors”.

“In two months time, I would have been two years out of office. I am not aware of any case I have with the EFCC. They invited me once in respect of party funds.

“They wanted to know what happened to the money sent to Enugu PDP by the party headquarters and I went and told them what happened,” he said.

Chime also added that the said funds were used for the purposes they were meant for.

“I will be glad to see the day I will be prosecuted as a leader of the party in the state for accepting or receiving money from the same PDP, our parent body, to fund our elections.

“We were told the PDP raised about N21 billion for the elections and we got part of it. Would I have funded the elections with state funds?

“If government is now saying the money you got is not from the fundraising of the party but stolen we do not know. Nobody is in a position to verify that,” he said.

Chime said that if the government had confirmed that the money was stolen, “let them catch the people that stole it as that was not the first time we were given money to fund elections.”