A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in Kogi State and former director of Pension in the office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Shuaibu Sani Teidi, has testified before a Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna, that Muhammad El Ameen Al Haleel, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), collected the sum of N60million from him.
Trouble came for Al Haleel when he conned Teidi of the sum of N60million, with a promise to facilitate a meeting between him and Vice President Muhammad Namadi Sambo, to ensure that he (Teidi) got nominated as the governorship candidate of the PDP in Kogi State.
Teidi, a former director of Pension Administration in the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, is standing trial over a N4.56 billion pension scam. He is being tried alongside 39 other accused persons.
While giving testimony at the resumed hearing of the case before Justice Mohammed Shuaibu, the ex-pension boss said that sometimes in 2011, he visited the accused and discussed his political issues with him.
“I told him I needed a? ticket? for the governorship race in Kogi State, most especially from the office of the vice president, as well as clearance from the former EFCC chairman, Farida Waziri, whom he claimed he had contacted,” Teidi said.