My good people: I come before you this evening as a man whose honesty and integrity have been questioned. Now, the usual political thing to do when charges are levelled against you is either to ignore them or to deny them without giving details. But before I answer any of your questions, let me state categorically that I have not touched a kobo of the ₦500,000 we contributed. Every kobo of it has been used in defraying political campaign expenses. As a matter of fact, during one of my meet-the-press conferences. Mr James Ukpong accosted me and said, ‘Honourable Senator, what about this fund we hear about?’ I told him there was no secret about the fund and that he should meet Ken Kamalu to get details of the fund. I told him’ You will find that the purpose of the fund was primarily to defray political expenses.’
In answer to another one of his questions, I said that neither contributors to this fund, not contributors to any of my campaigns had ever received any special consideration that he would not have received as an ordinary constituent. And I can say that never, since I became a Senator, have I made a telephone call for them to an agency or have I gone down to an agency on their behalf. Records will show that, and these records are in the hands of the Administrator.
It appears that the ₦500,000 ____________
A. has been spent B. has been paid into the government ions of treasury C. will soon be paid into the government of treasury D. has been saved by Ken Kamalu E. will be used for future campaigns
