[citation needed] While governor of Oyo State, Adisa erected a statue of the unknown soldier in front of government house, Ibadan.

[12] In December 1997, Abdulkareem Adisa was arrested on charges of participating in a coup attempt against General Sani Abacha, along with Lt-General Oladipo Diya, Major-General Tajudeen Olanrewaju and others.

[15] In March 1999, Nigeria's outgoing military government granted state pardons to Adisa and the others convicted of the coup attempt.

The paper was the target of a N250 million libel action from the Kwara State Governor, Mohammed Lawal, which was later withdrawn.

He published an attack on the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) in The Guardian of 28 April 2004, warning the group not to try to prevent the Babangida's presidential election.

[21] He said the Yoruba would vote for Ibrahim Babangida despite his role in annulling the June 12, 1993 presidential election won by the Chief MKO Abiola.

[20] On 23 June 2009, President Umaru Yar'Adua granted a presidential pardon posthumously to Abdulkareem Adisa and others convicted of treason for the Sani Abacha coup attempts.