The African Democratic Congress is alleging that its Interim National Chairman and former Senate President, David Mark will be the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s next target of its politically motivated corruption investigations.

In a statement by its acting National Publicity Secretary, Bola Abdullahi, the ADC said the EFCC had embarked on a “choreographed media trial” against coalition leaders after the detention of former Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, and the invitation of former Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha.

“The EFCC has now surreptitiously started excavating all the files from David Mark’s tenure as Senate President, 10 years after he left office,” Abdullahi said, questioning the timing of the investigations.

“The pattern of ignoring APC stalwarts with fresher and well-documented cases, while targeting opposition.

The party alleged that the crackdown was part of the ruling All Progressives Congress’ strategy to weaken the opposition coalition ahead of the 2027 general elections.

The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law -a human rights organisation – informed that there are more than 22 terror groups presently in Nigeria, destroying and threatening the peace of the country.

This was disclosed in a report just released by the chairman of the organisation, Emeka Umeagbalasi.

He noted that the terror groups, in a bid to achieve their objectives, had so far massacred 7,087 Christians and abducted 7,800 in 220 days of 2025, mostly in the South East and South South.

The report alleged that the terror groups, which consist mainly of foreign Islamic bandits, aim to wipe out an estimated 112 million Christians and 13 million traditional religionists across the country, particularly in the South East, South-South, and North Central in the years to come.

” They have also killed thousands of liberal Muslims in parts of the North. They have killed 185,009 defenseless Nigerians.

“They have also forced millions of Christians out of their homes to become internally displaced persons, IDPs.

“These Islamic terror groups are using violence and genocidal means to obliterate or wipe out Nigeria’s indigenous ethnic groups and their identities”, the rights group alleged.

“These 22 terror groups operating unchallenged and under strongly suspected state protection, are seeking further to plunge Nigeria into a country where Christianity is banned and brutally crushed, relegated and forced underground.

“Our study also showed that no fewer than 19,100 churches have been attacked, burnt down, or destroyed.

The number is on a steady growth. And no fewer than 500 Christian clerics were attacked and abducted in the past 16 years, including, 160 Catholic priests and the killing of eleven others, among them, Seminarians from 2015 to August 10, 2025.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has granted former Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, administrative bail after he was grilled over alleged financial misconducts.

Tambuwal, who also served as Speaker of the House of Representatives, was accused to have fraudulently withdrawn about N189 billion during his tenure as governor.

A senior EFCC official disclosed that Tambuwal was released after he had provided the information investigators required.

“He has already been granted administrative bail. We’ve extracted what we need from him, and he will soon leave our headquarters after perfecting his bail conditions,” the source stated.

EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, confirmed the development last night but declined to comment further.