BUHARI IMPOSED ABDULLAHI ADAMU ON APC DESPITE CORRUPTION CHARGES—CLARK

Edwin Clark, an elder statesman, stated on Friday that former President Muhammadu Buhari imposed Abdullahi Adamu as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), despite his purported corruption charges by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Clark stated this during an interview with Arise Television.

The leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has condemned the freedom enjoyed by accused corrupt politicians in the country.

He remarked that nothing has been heard about the 15 former governors and ministers who were prosecuted while Nuhu Ribadu was chairman of the EFCC.

Clark said, “In 2007, more than 15 former governors and ministers were charged to court during Ribadu’s time as the EFCC chairman.

“Some of them were charged to courts in Lagos, Abuja and so on. But after some time, some of these cases were not heard again.

“All we heard was that these same governors had been cleared to contest senatorial seats. Let me take a case of Abdullahi Adamu, who was the governor of Nasarawa State in 1999.

“He was charged to court for embezzling money from his state to the tune of N15 billion with other commissioners who were to be charged to court in Nasarawa State.

“Then after being charged to court he contested election to the Senate and he won and he has been there and nobody cared about him. Thereafter, former President Muhammadu Buhari imposed him as the National Chairman of the APC.

“We have many such people in the APC. Nobody heard about his trial again. He became an honest man and talked about corruption more than any other person.”