Former governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa alleges that some ex-governors bought their way to their current high positions in the APC with huge sum of money (N100m) each.
In a chat with Daily Trust, Bafarawa labelled the APC as the
“mother of corruption”.
According to him the APC is the architect of the problems
existing among its top-notch members which multiplier effect is telling on the
country.
The ex-governor, revealed how the current Minister of
Transport, Rotimi Amaechi; Kwara state governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed; Senators
Rabiu Kwankwanso and Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko and onetime governor of Adamawa,
Murtala Nyako paid N100million each when they defected to the APC.
In his statement, Bafarawa stated that, “APC government says
it is fighting corruption, but it is the mother of corruption; it has been the
mother of corruption since the day it opened its gates to those five governors
from the new PDP.
“When they (five governors) came into the APC, they were
warmly received because they had the money to contribute N100 million each.
“When I, a founding member and acting chairman of the
party’s constitution drafting committee queried why they were expressly allowed
entry, I was bluntly told they had money to give. I then offered to also
contribute N100 million but my own contribution was rejected.
“Those five governors entered APC to corrupt the party, and
they succeeded in doing so. This is why I say APC is the mother of corruption.
“I foresaw that they would hijack the party and attempt to
do whatever they want. If they are allowed to do whatever they want, there will
be problem in the politics of the country; if they are not allowed, which is
the situation now, there will be a rift between them and the government, they
will be disloyal and impudent to the government, and this will cost the country
immense problem in terms of progress.”
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