Saraki in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, stated that he had it on good authority that the Police had already decided on the suspects to arraign in court in Ilorin, Kwara State on Wednesday based on the advice of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Mohammed U.E. and that the turn around to invite him was a ploy aimed at scoring cheap political points.
“I have been reliably informed that the police invitation was planned by IG as a ploy to stop an alleged plan by some Senators and House of Representatives members from defecting from the All Progressives Congress (APC). It was also said that if I was detained between Tuesday and Wednesday, that will abort the so-called defection plan.
“While I continue to maintain that the issue of my position on the 2019 elections is not a personal decision for me alone to make, it should be noted that all these concoctions and evil plot cannot deter me. Those behind this fresh assault will fail as I have nothing to do with the robbery incident or any criminal matter for that matter.
“I am aware that following a request made by the Police on June 13, 2018 to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) of the Fedeeation had written a legal advice dated June 22, 2018, in which he stated on page 5, paragraph (f) that “For the Senate President and the Kwara State Governor, this office is unable to establish from the evidence in the interim report a nexus between the alleged office and the suspects”.
“The Police have obviously corrupted and politicized their investigations into the Offa robbery incident. They have turned it into an instrument for the party in power to suppress perceived opponents, witchunt issue for blackmailing people from freely choosing which platform on which they want to pursue their ambition and a matter for harassing the people whose exit from APC would harm the chances of the party in the forthcoming elections.
“I want to make it apparent that I have no hand in either the robbery incident or any criminal acitivity. The Police in their haste to embarrass me sent the invitation to me at 8pm and requested that I report to the station by 8am tomorrow morning. This obviously demonstrated their desperation as I do not see why they are now in a hurry.
“They also stated in today’s letter that because in my response of June 7, 2018 to their own letter written on June 4, 2018, I stated that I was responding simply to the contents of the letter and that the full text of the statement made by the arrested suspects which they claimed indicted me was not made available to me, they were now including the suspects statements in the current letter. Yet, instead of including the suspects’ statements, they only attached two copies of my own letter to the invitation. No suspects statement was made available.
“This plot aimed at compelling me and my associates to stay in a party where members are criminalised without just cause, where injustice is perpetrated at the highest level and where there is no respect for constitutionalism is an exercise in futility and it will fail.
“Once again, my confidence in God and our judicial system remains intact and unshaken. The truth shall also prevail in this case”, he stated.
ReplyDeleteNigerian politics is becoming so dramatic at the moment. With the last couple of weeks we have been seeing how events are unfolding with APC who came into power with so many promises but couldn't keep to it.
I have always say this, this government is never a promise keeper but I just don't know why people are still believing in them. Every promise they told us as contained in their manifestos have been jettisoned.
Buhari and Co, you are begging the Senate president not to shift camp and I ask, if you had succeeded in jailing him with all the cooked up charges orchestrated by your government, would you have been begging him today? Because he has being vindicated by the supreme court, this government now see reasons to align with him. The same man that was ridiculed and insulted, even called a criminal can be begged this way.
Mr President the best gift you can give Nigeria is to bow out at the end of this term to Daura and save Nigerians who their only crime was electing you at the first instance into power from this hardship. You failed us in all aspect.
In a working and civilize country by now you ought to have been impeached for incompetency not to talk of the woman you gave to us as finance minister who ended up disgracing herself with certificate forgery. Wouldn't she have been ask to step down for probe to be conducted? Of a truth it will be difficult redeeming Nigeria with you still in governance come 2019.
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DeleteGo and settle your boys. You want to leave APC and you expect them to forgive you
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ReplyDeleteTeejay has summarised everything the way it is.
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