Former Sokoto state governor, Attahiru Bafarawa, has accused the ruling
party, APC, of being the mother of corruption in Nigeria. In an
interview with Daily Trust,
Bafarawa said corruption entered into APC when five former PDP
governors namely Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano), Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko
(Sokoto), Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers), Murtala Nyako (Adamawa) and
Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara) paid N100 million each to join the party.
According to him, immediately the governors entered the party, APC became corrupt.
“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 the 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” he said.