Fmr Senate President, Saraki
Immediate past President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has denied engaging in any media war with the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, as claimed in a statement by the anti-corruption agency yesterday.
He said he has been the one at the receiving end of the media onslaught sponsored from the office of the EFCC.
“Various documents and court processes from the agency have been given to a particular newspaper for publication. In fact, while the EFCC distributed copies of its letter to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court immediately it was submitted, we are still surprised how Dr. Saraki’s response written early May found its way into a newspaper last Sunday. It should be known that if we were interested in leaking the letter, we would not wait for seven weeks to do that. Dr. Saraki believes he is on firm ground on the points of law and has nothing to be afraid of. He is innocent of the charges,” Mr Yusuph Olaniyonu, his Media Adviser said in a statement on Monday.
He said, “ Dr. Saraki is not interested in obstructing any investigation by the EFCC or any security agency. While the EFCC claims that it is investigating the Office of the Senate President between 2015 and 2019, we make bold to say that it is just on a wild goose chase. That Office has nothing to do with contract awards and handling of the finances of the National Assembly. These are functions of the bureaucracy of the National Assembly, otherwise known as the National Assembly Management.”
Arguing that some of the cases been revisited by the anti-graft Commission had been settled by the Code of Conduct Bureau and up to the Supreme Court, Olaniyonu stated that “ is also the reason that Dr. Saraki believes that the current investigation constitutes an infringement on his fundamental human rights. And in the exercise of his belief in the judiciary, he filed a case seeking the court’s intervention for the protection and enforcement of the rights.”
