Master reporters
July 24, 2018
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has said that the invitation to him with the aid of the Police to document to a station in Guzape over the Offa robbery investigation is a mere afterthought which is designed to obtain political motive.
Saraki in a declaration by means of his unique Adviser on Media and exposure, Yusuph Olaniyonu, stated that he has it on true authority that the Police had already decided on the suspects to arraign in court docket in Ilorin, Kwara state on Wednesday based totally on the advice of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Mohammed U.E.
And that the flip round to invite him become a ploy aimed toward scoring reasonably-priced political points.
” i've been reliably informed that the police invitation became deliberate through IG as a ploy to prevent an alleged plan by some Senators and residence of Representatives participants from defecting from the All Progressives Congress (APC).
It become also stated that if i used to be detained between Tuesday and Wednesday, as a way to abort the so-called defection plan.
“while I continue to maintain that the issue of my role on the 2019 elections isn't a non-public decision for me alone to make, it have to be noted that all these concoctions and evil plot can not deter me.
Those at the back of this clean assault will fail as i have not anything to do with the theft incident or any crook count 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 prison advice dated June 22, 2018, in which he stated on page five, paragraph (f) that “For the Senate President and the Kwara kingdom Governor, this workplace is unable to set up from the evidence within the interim document a nexus among the alleged office and the suspects”.
“The Police have manifestly corrupted and politicized their investigations into the Offa robbery incident. They have grew to become it into an device for the birthday celebration in strength to suppress perceived opponents, witchunt problem for blackmailing human beings from freely selecting which platform on which they need to pursue their ambition and a count for harassing the people whose go out from APC could damage the possibilities of the party inside 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 despatched the invitation to me at 8pm and requested that I report to the station by way of 8am day after today morning. This glaringly proven their desperation as I do no longer see why they're now in a rush.
“Additionally they stated in these days’s letter that due to the fact in my response of June 7, 2018 to their own letter written on June four, 2018, I stated that i used to be responding honestly to the contents of the letter and that the overall text of the declaration made by means of the arrested suspects which they claimed indicted me become now not made to be had to me, they have been now along with the suspects statements in the modern-day letter.
But, instead of inclusive of the suspects’ statements, they simplest connected copies of my personal letter to the invitation. No suspects declaration was made available.
“This plot aimed toward compelling me and my buddies to live in a celebration where participants are criminalised without simply purpose, wherein injustice is perpetrated at the very best degree and wherein there is no admire for constitutionalism is an exercising in futility and it'll fail.
“once again, my confidence in God and our judicial device remains intact and unshaken. The reality shall additionally succeed in this situation”, he stated.
Signed
Yusuph Olaniyonu
Special Adviser (Media and publicity) to the Senate President .
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