Dino Malaye Says Late Audu Never Stole Kogi’s Money.

Dino Melaye has said late Abubakar Audu never embezzled the alleged N11bn EFCC accused him of stealing while in office. According to Melaye, the late politician was a faithful, down to earth man who had transformed Kogi State when he was in power.

“How can a man who received N17bn in less than four years steal N11bn? This was a man who paid pensioners, did not owe workers and carried out a big infrastructural development in the state. What has the EFCC been investigating since 2003? It is all politics. Audu never stole Kogi’s money. This was a man who built Kogi State University, Kogi State Polytechnic, Obajana Cement Factory and signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Dangote Cement. Audu built all the institutions that exist in the state today,” he said while speaking during a late show on the African Independent Television .

When asked if Late Audu was poisoned, Melaye said;

‘‘I cannot say he was poisoned. I will not say what I do not know. God is the only one who sees everything. I can only weep. For him, it was the end of a cycle.’’