The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of plotting to go after its Interim National Chairman and former Senate President, David Mark, alleging that he is the agency’s next target.
In a statement on Tuesday, Acting National Publicity Secretary, Bola Abdullahi, claimed the EFCC had begun “digging up” files from Mark’s tenure as Senate President a decade ago, shortly after detaining former Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, and summoning former Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha.
“The EFCC has now surreptitiously started excavating all the files from David Mark’s tenure as Senate President, 10 years after he left office,” Abdullahi said, describing the timing as suspicious.
He alleged that the investigations are part of a “media trial” strategy aimed at weakening the opposition coalition ahead of the 2027 elections.
The ADC further accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of shielding its own members from prosecution despite “fresher and better-documented cases” against them, while reviving old allegations against opposition leaders.
“The pattern of ignoring APC stalwarts with fresher and well-documented cases, while targeting opposition figures with stale allegations, is proof of selective justice and an assault on political freedom,” Abdullahi stated. “Having failed to stop the coalition, the jittery ruling party’s next move is to discredit its leaders by getting the EFCC to accuse them of looting the entire treasuries. These are calculated media trials; it matters little whether there is a basis for these accusations—the game is the circus show.”
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