Ebun Francis || Senator David Mark, Nigeria’s immediate past Senate President, on Sunday confirmed reports that he was a guest of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC earlier in the week but however said that the allegations levelled against him by the anti graft agency were unfounded and senseless.
According to a statement signed by his media aide, Paul Mumeh, the former Senate President fielded questions relating to 2015 campaign finance for political activities in his home state of Benue but was particularly baffled about another question that bothered on alleged bribery of all Senate members in 2010.
Mumeh said that the EFCC alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) paid over N2 billion into a bank account run by the National Assembly during David Mark’s days as the president of the Senate.
He said the EFCC further alleged that the money was shared among the 109 Senators (including PDP, ACN, and ANPP) in 2010.
Part of the statement read, “Again, to the best of his knowledge, Sen. Mark is not aware of such transaction. This simply did not make sense to any right thinking member of the society.
“Sen. Mark wondered why anybody would think that PDP will pay money into National Assembly account. He however clarified all the issues raised before returning home.”
David Mark was Nigeria’s Senate President from 2007 until 2015 when the All Progressives Congress took control of the legislature.
He, however, remained a member of the Senate, having been re-elected by his constituents in Benue South Senatorial District in 2015.