How Amaechi, Kwankwaso, others bought their way into APC with N100m each — Bafarawa

Erstwhile governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji
Attahiru Bafarawa has alleged that some former
governors bought their way to the top of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, with the sum of
N100m each.


Speaking with Daily Trust, Bafarawa described
the APC which claims to be fighting corruption
as the “mother of corruption.”
He accused the ruling party of being the architect
of the enduring rift between some of its top-
notch members which is affecting the country.

He alleged that the Minister of transport, Rotimi
Amaechi; Kwara state governor, Abdulfatah
Ahmed; Senators Rabiu Kwankwaso and Aliyu
Magatakarda Wamakko and former governor of
Adamawa, Murtala Nyako paid N100million each
when they defected to the APC.


According to Bafarawa, “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.”