has alleged that some aides of former President
Goodluck Jonathan approached the body with $3
million so as to canvass for their votes during the
presidential election.
According to Leadership, Coordinator of CIO,
Imam Abdullahi Shuaib, made this claim during
the 22nd National Islamic Training Programme
(NITP), holding at Odosengolu, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun
State.
He said they rejected the government's offer
tagged: "religious fund", meant to secure
support of Muslims in Nigeria for the ex-president
and his party-PDP, during the general elections
early this year.
"It is not a secret, they came, offering us
over three million dollars, we said no….It
came through their proxies to us and we
said no. And today we have been
vindicated and it is not even part of our
own culture to take bribe. We prefer to go
hungry than to collect a bribe from
somebody, that is unlawful." He said that
some officials of the Jonathan-led
administration (whose identities were not
disclosed) approached the CIO with money
but it rejected "because we know very well
that it was a bait; it was a poison and you
cannot eat and dine with the devil and
think the devil will not come after you."he
said
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