'You are pursuing shadows' – David Mark fires back at EFCC over Abuja Mansion

Former Senate President, Senator David Mark, has portrayed the allegations by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that he acquired his Apo Residential House unlawfully as spurious, imagined and outlandish.

Check was responding to the case by the counter unite office that he illicitly procured his then authority living arrangement as his private property.

Talking through his media assistant, Paul Mumeh, Mark said the EFCC or some other operator of government were pursuing shadows in light of the fact that the property was bluntly offered available to be purchased, awaited for, and he acquired like some other individual would in accordance with Federal Government's Monetization Policy that was begun amid the season of President Olusegun Obasanjo.

He said "I had the privilege of first refusal. Regardless of whether I didn't buy it, another person would have.

"I am a reputable native. I didn't ridicule any law.

"Inquisitively, four houses possessed by the then Presiding Officers of National Assembly were offered to the tenants. Every one 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 altogether given a similar offer.

"I am at a misfortune with respect to why it is currently a subject of dispute.

"On the off chance that this abuse is about governmental issues, my political gathering and the 2019 decisions, I set out say that exclusive God and Nigerians would choose. No measure of mistreatment would modify the will of God.

"I had abstained from remarking on this since it is as of now in the law Court. In any case, they have taken the issue to the Court of popular conclusion."

Congressperson Mark had through his legal counselor, Ken Ikonne in the suit NO FHC/ABJ/1037/2017 under the steady gaze of the Federal High Court, Abuja had said that he took after due process and legitimately obtained the property from the FCDA on April 27, 2011.


He is additionally approaching the Court for a revelation that a request by the Attorney General of the Federation and one Obono Obla of the Presidential Task Force on Recovery of Government Properties convincing him to clear the previously mentioned property without bearing him a reasonable hearing, added up to a dissent of his principal human rights, unlawful and void.

The previous military supervisor reviewed that the Federal Executive Council chose to approve the offer of the properties lodging the vital officers of the National Assembly in light of the fact that the general security of the region had been modified/bargained because of the offer of alternate houses in the Legislative Quarters to people in general.

Subsequent whereupon the houses were offered available to be purchased and bluntly bought.

Representative Mark was given the primary alternative of refusal whereupon he slowly acknowledged on April 21st 2011 and paid the concurred price tag to the adhoc board discounted of Federal Government houses on April 27, 2011.