Chief Adolphus Wabara, the former Senate President, has clarified that his resignation was voluntary and not influenced by any external pressure from Obasanjo. He emphatically denied allegations suggesting that he was forced out of office.
Wabara further elaborated on his reasons for stepping down, highlighting his unease upon discovering that his Senate colleagues were being offered substantial bribes totaling 50 million naira. These bribes were allegedly intended to secure their support for a president’s ambition to secure a third term in office.
In a recent interview with Nigerian journalist Adesuwa Giwa-Osagie, Wabara shared these revelations. The interview, which sheds light on his concerns and the circumstances surrounding his resignation, has been circulated online.
He said in the video that he declined a 250 million-naira bribe in order to forward the agenda for a third term. He went on to say that in order to further this objective, each senator was receiving 50 million naira.
While asserting his willingness to resign from the Senate President's position, Aldophus Wabara said, "When they said they were distributing 50 million naira per senator to support the third term, I did not believe it. I resigned; Obasanjo did not remove me. There was no pressure on me to resign."