Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki has denied asking the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) stop investigating him. This statement is contained in a press release issued and signed by Senator's Special Assistant on Media and Advocacy, Bamikole Omishore October 3, 2013.
In the statement, Omishore debunks recent "speculation" in media that the Kawu Baraje's faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (new PDP) allegedly demanded the EFCC not to probe Saraki.
"We
would like to categorically put on record that this allegation is
utterly false and at no time did Senator Saraki personally or through
anyone else ask that the EFCC be influenced to stop any investigation
into him," the statement reads in part.
Omishore further assured
that Senator Saraki is "a law-abiding citizen" who strongly believes in
the rule of law and open democratic accountability. Omishore supports
the argument, recalling that under Saraki's governorship, that laster
from 2003 to 2011, Kwara became the first state to make its accounts
open to public.
