Leader of the Northern Elders Council, NEC, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai has admitted that he and eight other prominent northerners received the sum of N53m from Chief Tony Anenih, but explained that the money was meant for advocacy visit to traditional rulers in the region to mobilised their subjects so that the 2015 general elections could be hitch free.
Yakasai on Wednesday confirmed to Vanguard that, “yes, myself and 8 others collected N53m from Chief Tony Anenih to pay advocacy visit to prominent northern emirs to mobilise their subjects for a hitch-free 2015 general elections”.

