Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has reacted to the claim by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Moshood Jimoh, linking him (Saraki) to the recent Offa robbery incident.
The Police had invited Saraki, for questioning over his alleged involvement in the offa Bank robbery attack in Kwara State.
Saraki was asked to report to the Louis Edet House, Police Force Headquarters in Abuja this week.
Reacting, however, the Senate President called on the general public to disregard the allegation, stressing that it was another desperate attempt by the police to implicate him.
He said, “I want the entire public to disregard this claim as a baseless allegation and another ploy by the Police to implicate him by all means”
A statement signed by Yusuph Olaniyonu, Saraki’s media aide and made available to DAILY POST in Abuja, stated, “Let it be known that there is no way I could have been associated with armed robbery against my people. When the Offa robbery incident happened, I was the first top public official to pay a visit to the place and right there in the palace of the traditional ruler, I put a call through to this same Mr. Ibrahim Idris, the IGP, requesting him to make certain specific security arrangements as demanded by the people.
“Members of the public will remember that on May 16, 2018, I alerted the Senate about the information passed on to me by my State Governor, Dr. Abdulfatai Ahmed, over a plot by the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, to frame me up by getting some suspected cultists arrested in Ilorin to implicate me. It is believed that the timely leakage of the plot in that case aborted the use of the suspected cultists to implicate me. Now, it is the Offa bank robbery suspects that are about to be used.
“This plot is concocted to embarrass me and, in the mind of the IGP, it is his own response after his refusal to honour the invitation by the National Assembly, headed me, for him to come and offer explanations on the rampant killings and violence across the country.
“Like the earlier one, this frame-up will also fail as I hereby state categorically that I have no link with any band of criminals.
“As a person who has utmost respect for the rule of law and all constitutional institutions, when the invitation from the Police is formally extended to me, I will be ready to honour it without any delay.”
“It is however sad that this abuse of the criminal investigation process aimed at intimidating and over-overawing the legislature, thereby obstructing it from doing its work, is a big threat to our democracy “, the Senate President stated.
Meanwhile the security details of Saraki and Dogari have been withdrawn allegedly on the orders of the Federal govt.
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The Senate President! A sponsor in a bank robbery case? Let's come off this. This is so petty. Please let him be if you can't come up with more inttelligent charges against him.
ReplyDeleteNa waoo...what form of government are we operating in this country? Cause this is no longer democracy.
ReplyDeleteWhat a country,Nigeria is a zoo i swear. How can you go about framing people up,that illiterate IGP can do anything because he feels he is above the law and nobody can do anything to him not even the president. Saraki is innocent,APC is witch hunting those that do not dance to their tune.
ReplyDeleteSince Nigeria is a zoo, which animal are you in it?
DeleteAnon 09:29 you are a village goat. I am done talking to you.
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I am not saying Saraki is a saint, but i dont believe he has a hand in the robbery.
ReplyDeleteC'mon! He's bigger than that... Ibrahim Idris should rather go back to school and learn to read, rather than coming up with these dumb plots. Doesnt make sense!
Exactly. I listened to the interview and no where did they say he sponsored them to go Rob. They only said he is their sponsor as they help with elections and mobilising votes for him
DeleteThat's why he is being summoned. They are his political . A Senate President who uses political thugs indirectly encourages violence and armed robbery. When elections are over what do you expect such thugs to continue doing? Of course it will be armed robbery and violence. And you a Senate President is the one who groomed them. You the State governor is the one who empowered them. You trained monsters and expect your people to be safe? Come on. What kind of Senate President are you? What kind of State governor are you.? You are as guilty as hell. You indirectly created the robbers. What are we talking about here? Think people. Think intelligently.
DeletePleaseb keep quiet...which political officer even buhari does not have thugs..thats polictics. Call a apade a spade
DeleteChai!!! No 3 man does not have security again, so he is moving about without mopol just like me. From Chief anonymous
ReplyDeleteIt's better he hire private bodyguard sef. Nigeria has gone back to the unsafe times of Babangida and Abacha.
DeleteThe only time we enjoyed democracy as it should was during Yar'adua and Jonathan's Admin and both were educated!
That IGP is just being used right from time like they used Jega
I listened to the interview and they didn't name saraki as the person that sponsored the offa robbery.
ReplyDeleteThey said they work for saraki as they at this political thugs. He gave them a car to always rally round for him for supports when he is up for elections and all that. They also say where it seems he won't win, they influence it
But he did not sponsor their robbery. That they only did that because they felt someworth powerful seeing they have top politicians as sponsors
They also asked them if saraki gave them the guns they used and they said no. That they collected the guns from an ex police officer on the day of the robbery. They also went to Rob with the car saraki gave them to be mobilising and doing election runs for him
So because Saraki has being summoning Mr transmission to appear before the Senate to answer some questions, n he refused to show up since he's above the law, he's trying to use any available avenue to bring Saraki down. It's okay we are watching. I'm even tired of this country sef.
ReplyDeleteYou people are not getting it. It's not like Saraki told them to go and rob the banks. These people are Saraki's political thugs. He uses them during elections and supplies them with arms. I guess the money stopped coming so they went to rob banks. So, Saraki is an indirect sponsor.
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ReplyDelete*Word by word Confessional Statement of Arrested Gang leader to Journalis*
Journalists: Can we meet you ?
*Suspected Gang leader:* My name is Ayodele Akinnibosun aka (Haywhy), I am the chairman of Liberation Youths movement Kwara South, I work for Senate president and Governor Ahmed as political mobilising youth and we have been working for long time since he was Governor of kwara.
*Journalists:* Be specific. What exactly do you do for Saraki, what type of works ?
*suspected gang leader:* we mobilise and do political arrangement for him in kwara south
*Journalists:* describe the work u do, what the police PRO said has to do with Robbery and that is weighty, u are talking politics and that is light. What do u do for Senate's President?
*Suspected Gang leader:* where we can't win, we make arrangement there, we scatter elections if we don't win
*Journalists:* what is the connection between the robbery and the Senate's President
*Suspected Gang leader:* the connection is that for example , this car was given to me by His Excellency through the Chief of Staff of Kwara state as a gift from leader
*Journalist :* who's His Excellency?
*Suspected Gang leader:* Governor AbdulFatai Ahmed
*Journalists:* please what has offa robbery got to do with your story , do you participated in offa robbery?
*Suspected Gang leader:* Yes I participated in the Offa robbery , I used this Lexus car given to me for the operations in offa robbery
*Journalists:* In rowdy session......., what was the plan ? They gave u a car for political mobilisation or thuggery issue but you move it into robbery , we want to know the link , u are telling us a different thing , *did the Senate president or governor send u to be killing or stealing from Kwara people* ,simple and straightforward, that's what we want to know ?
*Suspected Gang leader:* the Senate president and Governor of Kwara state , we have been their political thugs , that's what encouraged us to the robbery
*Journalists:* So this robbery, how did u get ur weapons,my friend *how did you get weapon , tell us*
*Suspected Gang leader:* it was through this ....ehehn.... one ex , retired police officer,Micheal , .... *dismissed police officer Michael Adikwu*, *he was the one that comes with armunitions*
*Journalists:* *please is this said governor or Saraki aware of the robbery that u did ?. are they aware of the robbery , did they send you the robbery operation?*
*Suspected Gang leader:* *No! They did not send us for the robbery but because we are their political thugs , that's what led us to the robbery*
*Journalists:* *you have access to governor and Senate president, there's nothing you need that they won't give you , why did you have to engage in robbery with all these opportunity ?*
*Suspected Gang leader:* *It is devil that pushed us*
End#
This is a complete stage managed confession
DeleteWe are watching.
ReplyDeleteThis government is something else lik seriously saraki as suspect?
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