Read the press statement below...
The attention of the media office of the President of the Senate, Sen. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has been drawn to a publication alleging that the Senate President hired one Uboh to smear the integrity of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC.
The
general public is fully aware that the said online platform which
published the false story has been an agent of media attack on the
person of the Senate President and that all allegations made by the
online platform against the have fallen flat on their face as bare lies,
concocted with malicious intention.
To
set the record straight, no body can rightfully claim that Senator
Saraki engaged the services of the petitioner or any other person for
that matter. There are about four different petitions from individuals,
groups and corporate organisations written against the EFCC and
submitted to the Senate.
Most
of these petitions are dated 27/07/2015 and 31/07/2015 while some
bothers on issues between 2013, 2014 and 2015. There are petitions that
are directly written and received by the Senate while in some, the
petition was written to the President and the Senate were copied.
Further
to the above, EFCC is not the only government agency that has petition
against it pending before the before the Senate. There are pending
petitions against the CG Custom, FIRS and NPA, amongst others. Is it
also Senator Saraki that hired or engaged people to do this? What
evidence does Sahara reporter have that links Senator Saraki to all
these petitions before the Senate ?
The
Senate President has no relationship whatsoever with Mr Uboh in any
capacity or in the course of his emergence as Senate President. If
anybody has any proof of a relationship between Senator Saraki and the
said Mr. Uboh, let him or her say it now.
Our
Investigation showed that Uboh's petition has been in public domain
since 2013 and that the details has been reported in national newspapers
as well as cited in court proceedings. The Senate President could not
have said to have hired any one to write a petition for him as he has no
issue to sort out with any individual, group of people or an
organisation.
Therefore,
any insinuation that Senator Saraki is attempting to prevent EFCC
from carrying out its constitutional responsibility is a hoax and an
imagination of the writer.
Let
it be known that the idea of people using the media to intimidate or
blackmail the Senate to prevent it from performing its constitutional
and legislative duties will be resisted and as such, meet stiff
opposition expressed through lawful means. Senator Saraki is not the
same as the Senate or National Assembly as an institution. Imputing
sentiment into the legitimate working of any government institution will
not urgur well for our development and democratic process.
Signed
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