Former Senate President, David Mark, has described
accusations by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that he
purchased his Apo residence illegally as spurious, contrived and baseless.
Mark said, yesterday, that the EFCC, or any
other agent of government were chasing shadows because the property was duly
offered for sale, bided for, and he purchased it like any other person, in line
with Federal Government’s Monetisation Policy which was started during the time
of President Olusegun Obasanjo.
He said: “I had the right of first refusal.
Even if I did not purchase it, someone else would have. I am a law-abiding
citizen. I did not flout any law. “Curiously, four houses occupied by the then
Presiding Officers of National Assembly were offered to the occupants.
All of us, me as the then President of the
Senate, Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, the then Speaker of the
House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole and his Deputy Bayero Nafada were all
given the same offer.
“I am at a loss as to why it is now a subject
of contention.
“If this persecution is about politics, my
political party and the 2019 election, I dare say that only God and Nigerians
would decide. No amount of persecution would alter the will of God.
“I had refrained from commenting on this
because it is already in the law Court. But they have taken the matter to the
Court of public opinion.”
- Sun News
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