Hamza Al Sid Echeikh.. misappropriation of 100,000 Euros from the 2.5 Million Euros
Serious Allegation Against Hamza Al Sid Echeikh: Misappropriation of 10,000 Euros from the 2.5 Million Euros Intended for Tebboune’s Campaign
Alger (special correspondence)
According to a source close to the president-candidate’s headquarters for the September 7 presidential election, located at 61 Boulevard Souidani Boudjemaa, on the heights of Algiers, Hamza Al Sid Echeikh was dismissed 24 hours after his appointment as the campaign manager for Tebboune, not because he was the instigator of the illegal diversion of this significant sum. “What has been validated by all campaign officials, including the candidate himself, cannot be held against him,” our source added.
The former Saharan environment minister, who joined the campaign management late, was indiscreet given the importance of the collected amount sent to France. He couldn’t resist dipping his fingers into the pot, pocketing a good hundred thousand Euros.
The scandal was uncovered when foreign media announced the amount seized by French customs: 2.4 million Euros. This surprised Tebboune’s affiliates gathered at the headquarters. Already stunned by the seizure of the sum at Paris airport, Tebboune’s team soon questioned the announced amount. “It’s 2.5 million, not 2.4,” insisted one of the officials at the president-candidate’s headquarters. When questioned, one of the aides to the two couriers arrested in Paris did not mince words. He quickly revealed the truth, implicating the native of Metlili. Hence the decision to dismiss him while awaiting further sanctions. However, it is impossible to bring him to justice. Among thieves, justice is never sought when theft happens within the house.
