Saraki Reacts as IG of Police Summons Him Again
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki has reacted to his invitation by the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, who had summoned him to report to the Force Intelligence
Response Team office at Guzape, Abuja, for interrogation over alleged
links to the masterminds of the Offa bank robberies.
The IG before now had summoned the Senator, which Bukola Saraki honored. However, just yesterday, the in a letter dated July 23 addressed to Saraki, asked him to report to the police on Tuesday (Today) at 8am to provide further clarification on his relationship with the five leaders of the robbery gang.
The IG before now had summoned the Senator, which Bukola Saraki honored. However, just yesterday, the in a letter dated July 23 addressed to Saraki, asked him to report to the police on Tuesday (Today) at 8am to provide further clarification on his relationship with the five leaders of the robbery gang.
Senate President Bukola Saraki reacted to this, saying this time around, their plot against him will fail again.
In his
tweets, Saraki for the first time spoke against APC publicly, saying
party members are criminalized without just cause and injustice
perpetrated at the highest level''I have been reliably informed that the police invitation was planned by the 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),'' he said. Continue to read the rest of his tweet below…
''It was also said that if I was detained between Tuesday and Wednesday, that will abort the so-called defection plan.
Also See: Offa Robbery: Bukola Saraki Replies Police In Writing
''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 plots 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 Federation 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.
Also See: Offa Robbery: Police Arrests Two Wanted Suspects
''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...
''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 criminalized 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.
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