After reading our article in last week’s paper about Mayor Adebari’s dismissal of his story Mr Clarke said he was “amazed at the gall of Rotimi Adebari” who was still refuting the claims, despite being faced with such overwhelming evidence.

“At the very least 50 drivers and six or more managers will remember him. His photograph and signature are on file with London Underground’s personnel office which were used in the issue of his free travel-pass and identity card,” said Mr Clark,

“The trade union will also have his records on file. In light of his continued denial and by doing so making me out to be a liar or mischief maker I will myself travel into London and get as many affidavits as I can from my former colleagues,” he said.

Mr Clarke said he was willing to take a polygraph test alongside Mayor Adebari to determine whose versions of events stand up to scrutiny.

Mr Clarke said he hoped Mayor Adebari “does the right thing and resigns and stands for election again based on the truth of his origins and agenda”.

Mayor Adebari said he “utterly denies” knowing Mr Clarke.

Mayor Adebari said he was not making a state-ment in reply to our story in last week’s paper and was “getting sick” of all the media attention Mr Clarke’s allegations have raised.

“It’s starting to wear me out at this stage. I’ve replied to all the questions on this,” said Cllr Adebari.

Mr Clarke claimed he worked with Cllr Adebari in 1999, a year before Cllr Adebari said he came to Ireland seeking asylum from religious persecution in Nigeria

Mr Clarke is a retired London tube driver from Dundalk, Co. Louth who has worked in Britain since

1968.

He claimed he worked with Cllr Adebari who was a train operator in the Queen’s Park depot and in the Elephant and Castle depot of the London Underground.

When asked by the Laois Nationalist if he ever worked in Britain or in London, Cllr Adebari said: “No never.”

 

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