Bukola Saraki,former
Kwara State Governor was on Monday quizzed over his alleged role in the collapse of the Societe
Generale Bank of Nigeria by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC)
Saraki, a former
executive director of the bank, reported on Monday to the Abuja office of the
anti-graft agency.
As of the time of filing
this report, the former governor, reportedly interrogated by detectives led by
an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Magu, was still in the EFCC
office.
The Senator,
representing Kwara Central, was also said to have faced another panel of
interrogators led by a Deputy Superintendent of Police, Yahaya Bello over his
role concerning the control and
management of state funds during his eight-year reign as a governor of Kwara
State
Our correspondent
gathered that the Bello-led team grilled the Senator.
Bello is the second in
command in charge of economic governance at the EFCC.
The EFCC spokesman,
Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed that Saraki was with them, “Yes, he is with
us but I cannot say more than that.”
Saraki on August 1, in a
statement by his media aide, Bamikole Omisore, denied that the anti-graft
agency invited him for interrogation.
The statement read, “We
will like to emphasise and categorically state that Senator Abubakar Bukola
Saraki has not received any letter of invitation from the EFCC.
“For the avoidance of
doubt, those, who have been a keen observer of this unfolding drama, will recall
that the agency has conducted an investigation in 2010, 2011 and 2012 without
finding the Senator wanting.
“These are not new
issues and Senator Saraki has stated that if he receives an invitation from the
agency to assist them in their findings, he will be more than happy to honour
the invitation as he has nothing to hide, with regard to his tenure as a
governor.”
The statement added, “As
regards the SGBN, again, this is not new as investigation on this was done over
10 years ago and during the investigations, Senator Saraki, as the governor of
Kwara State, waived his immunity to answer questions by the EFCC officials in
Lagos as regard his time at the bank.
“To set the record
straight, there has been no invitation notice to the Senator prior to the newspaper
publication even as of the time of preparing this press statement, there is
still no invitation from the EFCC. These are facts that can be easily
correlated.’’
However, with this
latest development, the above statement by Bukola Saraki's spokesman if just an illusion.
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