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Don’t Accuse Gov Idris While Malami Faces Corruption Trial — Kebbi APC Tells ADC

The Kebbi State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has faulted the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for accusing Governor Nasir Idris of mismanaging public funds, saying the ADC’s governorship candidate, Abubakar Chika Malami, is himself facing corruption charges in court.

Acting APC Chairman in the state, Alhaji Adamu Mudi, stated this at a press conference in Birnin Kebbi while responding to an earlier press conference by the Director-General of the ADC Campaign Council, Hon. Sani Tadurga, who had accused the Idris administration of financial mismanagement.

Mudi said the achievements of the Idris administration are visible across the state and speak for themselves.

He listed some of the projects to include the dualization of Birnin Kebbi-Ambursa Road, beautification and installation of solar-powered streetlights in Birnin Kebbi, Yauri and other towns, completion and furnishing of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Ultra-Modern Secretariat Complex, and ongoing work on the Koko-Mahuta-Dabai Road, Argungu Old Bypass, Ahmadu Bello Way in Gwandu and other critical roads.

According to him, the administration has also recruited over 2,000 teachers, rehabilitated schools and procured over one million textbooks, while 30 general hospitals and Primary Healthcare Centres have been renovated and upgraded with additional hospitals constructed.

“The people of Kebbi are not blind. They can see where public money has gone. To ask ‘where did the money go?’ in the midst of this volume of delivery is not accountability. It is a disservice to the people of Kebbi State,” he said.

Mudi further alleged that the ADC’s candidate, Malami, became one of the most visibly wealthy figures in the country after leaving office as Minister of Justice without a credible explanation of the source of his wealth.

He noted that Malami remains in court, and that in July 2026, the Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the final forfeiture of 48 properties worth billions of naira linked to Malami, his family and associated companies to the Federal Government after the EFCC established reasonable suspicion and the respondents failed to prove lawful sources.

The properties, which include hotels, educational facilities, residential and commercial buildings and lands spread across Abuja, Kebbi, Kano and Kaduna, were part of 57 properties valued at about N213 billion earlier covered by interim forfeiture proceedings. Nine assets were discharged, while 48 were finally forfeited.

“Instead of asking the Kebbi State Government to account for funds that have been turned into roads, hospitals, schools and housing that citizens can see and use, the ADC would do better to help its principal answer the questions Nigerians have been asking,” Mudi added.
Source: The Sun Newspaper