The All Progressives Congress (APC) Adamawa State chapter has accused some state leaders of embezzling N15 million and a truckload of palliatives donated to executives by the former Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman.
According to Mrs. Patricia Yakubu, the APC State Women Leader In a petition addressed to the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the donation was intended for the “benefit” of the party executives but it was mismanaged and remains unaccounted for.
Mrs. Yakubu detailed how the former minister’s Christmas gift of N15million was distributed unjustly.
In her petition obtained by SaharaReporters, she said, “That sometime in December 2023, the former Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman SAN equally gave the Party Executives 15 million Naira for Christmas but only Fifty Thousand naira (=N-50,000) was given to each Exco (which is less than 2 million naira) therefore the deficit remains unaccounted for.”
Additionally, Mrs. Yakubu highlighted allegations surrounding the distribution of palliative items, including rice and fertiliser, provided by the NSA and the former minister.
These accusations have raised concerns of misappropriation and fraud within the APC’s Adamawa chapter, which has faced a string of financial irregularities, as outlined in the petition.
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Mrs. Yakubu called on the NSA to intervene in these matters, as she believes the actions of certain members of the State Working Committee could damage the integrity of the party.
Her petition continued, “The Party’s account has been completely abandoned; the financial secretary has been removed as a signatory against the party constitution. Treasurer has been totally sidelined in all financial dealings.
“All Financial transactions are done through an individual account (account details for investigation available). There was this time they collected three months at once totaling Seventy-Five Million naira (N75,000,000.00). Sometimes, these monies are paid through BDCs.
“All issues about these are kept secret by the Chairman, Secretary and Organizing Secretary, while some party executives and faithfuls are languishing in abject poverty, cannot afford to pay school fees, their children are home, some have died because they cannot afford hospital bills.
“In the history of the party in Adamawa State, thereby resulting the party in the state to be in disarray and in a crisis mood.
“Based on the above, Your Excellency, our leader-I humbly and sincerely plead with you to intervene in order to save the party from getting destroyed.”
The state executives are listed as; Bar. Shuaibu dris – State Chairman, Dr. Raymond Chidama – State Secretary Mrs. Patricia Yakubu – State Woman Leader, Abubakar Abubakar – State Youth Leader, Mustapha Atiku Ribadu – State Organising Secretary and Vi. Bella Baballo – Ex Oficio – Yola North.
SaharaReporters earlier reported that the Adamawa State Chapter of the APC confirmed that the party sold out several trucks of rice and fertiliser received from President Tinubu through the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu.
The Adamawa APC women leader had revealed this in a petition to Ribadu, calling for his urgent intervention in the crisis rocking the state chapter of the party.
In the letter signed by the women leader, Mrs Patricia Yakubu, State and copied to Senate President, Speaker House of Representatives, and other leadership of the party, she called on President Bola Tinubu and the party’s national chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, to save the party from further decline after suffering defeats in two governorship elections.
In the petition obtained by SaharaReporters, she gave the details of how the state chairman sold the rice and fertilisers.
She had said: “The party account has been completely abandoned; the financial secretary has been removed as a signatory against the party constitution. Treasurer has been totally sidelined in all financial dealings.
“All Financial transactions are done through an individual account (account details for investigation available). There was this time they collected three months at once totaling Seventy-Five Million naira (N75,000,000.00). Sometimes, these monies are paid through BDCs.
“That several trucks of rice and fertiliser were given from the office of the NSA and former minister of education respectively as palliative, but only shared 1 to 2 bags to Excos and sold the remaining thereby committed fraud.”