EFCC’s investigation into my tenure as Kwara governor witch-hunt – Saraki
Senate President Bukola Saraki has described recent moves by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to probe him as politically motivated and a witch-hunt.The Senate President was reacting to fresh moves by EFCC to probe his earnings as Kwara State Governor, a position he held from 2003 to 2011.
On Monday, the EFCC in a statement, said the current probe of Mr Saraki was not in connection to his recent appointment as International Human Rights Commission ambassador, as reported by some media houses.In a statement signed by Yusuph Olaniyonu, his media aide, Mr Saraki said the latest move by EFCC is “less than noble and a mere witch-hunt exercise, aimed at settling scores, laced with malicious and partisan motives.
“Also, members of the public should be reminded that during the proceedings of his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal between 2015 and 2018, it became clear that the evidence relied upon was from investigations conducted by the EFCC on his tenure as governor and that is why the lead witness for the prosecution was an EFCC agent, Michael Wetkas.
Mr Saraki said that the documents requested are handled by the bureaucracy of the National Assembly and has nothing to do with him. Mr Saraki said his tenures as Kwara governor and in the Senate, were run with transparency and accountability.The Senate President also made particular reference to a report by EFCC which gave Kwara State under his tenure ‘a clean bill of health’, alongside five other states.
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