The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has reacted over reports that some of his property have been seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
It would be recalled that the anti-graft body is probing Saraki’s financial activities as governor of Kwara State, an action which the Senate President has described as a witch hunt.
Following the said seizure of the property located in Lagos, Saraki’s media aide, Alhaji Yusuph Olaniyonu, in a statement issued on Sunday, said the action of the EFCC was a confirmation of the allegation that Saraki was being unjustly attacked.
According to him, the property in question were those investigated when he was tried at the Code of Conduct Tribunal and discharged.
Saraki’s statement reads: “Our attention has been drawn to the fact that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has marked certain property belonging to Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, obviously under the claim that they are subject of investigation.
“The action of the EFCC only reinforced our earlier stated position that their current investigation is mischievous, contrary to the tenets of the rule of law and only aimed at settling scores. This position is founded on the fact that these same buildings were the subject of earlier investigations by the EFCC as well as the case initiated by the Federal Government at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.
“Also, the case went all the way to the highest court in our country, the Supreme Court of Nigeria. In that case, Saraki was discharged and acquitted because the courts believe the government has no case.”
