Jonathan Denied Spending Two Trillion Naira on 2015 Elections

The Presidency through a statement released on Sunday, April 20, 2015 by its Special Adviser on Media, Dr. Reuben Abati said he never spent 2trn naira during the 2015 elections nor set up an audit committee to probe disbursement of funds by party officials across the country.

Abati who was reacting to a publication credited to Sunday Punch April 19^th,2015 titled; Jonathan Demands 2trn Election Funds Refunds alleged that the President had constituted an audit panel to the conduct an audit of how funds were spent during the elections.

“The report is mischievous, false and embarrassing” he said. “With a total budget of N4trn plus the story suggested the President and People Democratic Party (PDP) spent half of the federal budget on this year’s elections” Abati pointed out.

 “This insinuation was meant to incite the public and instigate a national crisis” Abati affirmed.

Speaking further, Abati also refuted another claim by the same newspaper publication that President Goodluck Jonathan (GCFR) had set up a committee to conduct an audit of the election funds disbursement by party members and state officials.