The sacked Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TeTFund), Abdullahi Baffa, said he was forced out of office for his refusal to bribe the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu.
Recall that Baffa was on Monday fired by President Muhammadu Buhari. No reason was given for the sack. The president however replaced Mr Baffa with Suleiman Bogoro, who was earlier sacked from the same position in 2016.
Baffa told BBC Hausa on Wednesday morning that the Adamu sent a contractor to him demanding his share of N200 billion disbursed by the agency to tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
He stated that he has never collected a dime from any of the benefitting tertiary institutions.
“If they bring any evidence indicting me, I’m ready to accept death punishment,” Baffa said.
He said Adamu on several occasions accused him of insubordination for addressing press conferences without his consent.
The minister could not be reached for a reaction to Baffa’s allegations. A spokesperson for the education ministry, Ben Goong, could not be reached on his known telephone number as at the time of this report.