A whistleblower, Adekunle Oluwafemi Abraham, who
exposed and instituted a court case on the authenticity of West African
Examination Council (WAEC) certificate of the Kwara State All Progressives
Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the last general election, Abdulrahman
Abdulrazaq, has alleged that his life is being threatened by unknown people.
Abraham, however, said he did it in line with the
President Muhammadu Buhari administration's commitment to war against
corruption.
Addressing journalists in Ilorin on Thursday, Abraham
said he had continued to receive threat text messages from unknown persons;
pressure from both community and religious leaders and calls from friends and
relations, urging him to withdraw the case in court.
The whistleblower said he instituted the court case
upon his personal conviction to expose illegality in the society in line with
the anti-corruption posture of the current administration in the country.
He added that he did not do it in the name of his
community, Apado, in Ilorin East Local Government Area or any political party.
Describing himself as an activist from his school
days at the University of Ilorin, Abraham said he was a Students’ Union
secretary and a departmental head, adding that he would pursue the case to its
logical conclusion.
"Instead of being celebrated as a
whistle-blower, I'm here being castigated by my community. And I don't see any
reason this action should be treated in isolation because there are other cases
before this in this country, which did not attract much attention.
"Yes, I'm a member of the People Democratic
Party (PDP), but I'm not holding forth for my party or my community. Nobody is
sponsoring me. And I hope I deserve national honour for my action. If we say we
are fighting corruption and are still perpetuating corruption, it means double
talk. When are we getting out of this corruption mess we've found ourselves if
we go on like this?" He asked rhetorically.
Abraham had on March 7, 2019, instituted a court
case against the APC governorship candidate in Kwara State, Abdulrahman
Abdulrazaq, over the authenticity of the candidate's West African Examination
Council (WAEC) certificate.
The case with suit number KWS/73/2019 was assigned
to a Kwara State High Court presided by Justice Adenike Akinpelu while the
court gave the APC governorship candidate, now governor-elect, 30 days to
defend the authenticity of his WAEC certificate.
Meanwhile, the APC governor-elect, through his media
aide, Rafiu Ajakaye, has said: "We are not aware of any such pending case or
a court order in the state or anywhere in Nigeria," describing the court
case as desperate propaganda of a dying dynasty.
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