Offa robbery: Saraki makes cautionary statement to the police
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the police have obviously corrupted and politicized their investigations into the offa robbery incident. they have turned it into an instrument for the party in power to suppress perceived opponents witch-hunt issue for blackmailing people from freely choosing which platform on which they want to pursue their ambition and a matter for harassing the people whose exit from apc would harm the chances of the party in the forthcoming elections2 idris ruled the statement inadequate2 after a careful perusal of your letter to the police it was discovered that the statement requires further clarification and coupled with the fact that you stated that the full text of the statements of the suspects were not shown to you it is imperative you report to the police to make further statements after giving you the full text of the statements of the suspects2 the inspector general of police had on monday invited saraki to report to the head of investigation team of the intelligence response team irt on july 24 at 8 a.m. in guzape abuja. but saraki ignored the invitation until thursday 26 july1 the police had on 4 june asked for sarakis reaction to the statement made by some of the suspects arrested in connection to the most deadly robbery in the history of nigeria. sarakiwrote a statement dated 7 june1 senate president bukola saraki has now made a statement to the police in respect of the investigation into the multiple robberies in offa on 5 april in which 31 people were killed1 the police said investigation is in progress on the matter1 in a response saraki described the invitation as a mere afterthought which is designed to achieve political purpose1 the police in a short statement on thursday night reported the senate president made cautionary statement to the police investigation team investigating the case of offa bank robbery that occurred on 5th april 20181 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 sent the invitation to me at 8pm and requested that i report to the station by 8am tomorrow morning. this obviously demonstrated their desperation as i do not see why they are now in a hurry. saraki said1 the invitation was later to be mired in controversy as a report by the ministry of justice was leaked to the media. the report by the office of federal prosecutor said the police had no evidence to hang any charge on saraki in connection with the robberies in which 31 people were killed same day1 the police clarified the position of the federal prosector samuel ogundipe1 it is incumbent on the force to educate the writer of the story that the director of public prosecutions dpp of the federation in the legal advice did not restrain or restrict the force from investigating further the indictments against the senate president sen. bukola saraki and the governor of kwara state abdulfattah ahmed by the principal suspects arrested in connection with the offa bank robbery of 5april 20181 thedpp advice did not exonerate the senate president it only called for further investigations into the matter1 it is in the course of further investigations into the case that a letter of invitation dated 23july 2018 was sent to the senate president to appear on 24july 2018 at 8.00am before the investigation team at intelligence response team office guzape junction abuja1 consequently the force is hereby re-affirming that the senate president sen. bukola saraki has case to answer by virtue of the facts that the statements submitted by the senate president sen. bukola saraki earlier to the investigation team was not explicit and detailed enough and was discovered to require further clarifications and interrogation and coupled with the fact the senate president sen. bukola saraki in his statement claimed that the full text of the statement of the suspects who indic1

Police cordon off Sarakis home in Abuja: Media Adviser
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idris ruled the statement inadequate2 after a careful perusal of your letter to the police it was discovered that the statement requires further clarification and coupled with the fact that you stated that the full text of the statements of the suspects were not shown to you it is imperative you report to the police to make further statements after giving you the full text of the statements of the suspects2 the police have obviously corrupted and politicized their investigations into the offa robbery incident. they have turned it into an instrument for the party in power to suppress perceived opponents witch-hunt issue for blackmailing people from freely choosing which platform on which they want to pursue their ambition and a matter for harassing the people whose exit from apc would harm the chances of the party in the forthcoming elections2 in a letter sent to saraki on monday night idris asked him to make himself available to the head of the investigation team at the intelligence response team at guzape junction asokoro extension abuja at 8a.m1 the nation reported that the police only blocked sarakis convoy for about 30 minutes. the convoy was about to leave the house at about 7am when the police arrived1 when the convoy was cleared to go at about 7.30 a.m some police vehicles trailed it up to the national assembly complex1 police were said to have extracted a promise from the senate president that he would honour the invitation by the inspector general of police today1 saraki has been invited by the inspector general of police to report at 8a.m today at guzape police station to give further statement on the multiple robbery incidents that occurred in offa kwara state on 5 april in which 31 people were killed1 some of the suspects arrested claimed saraki gave them money and guns as members of a group used by the politician to cow opponents1 in a whatsapp post he also claimed the house of deputy senate president ike ekweremadu has also been surrounded by dss agents1 the police had on 4 june asked for sarakis reaction to the statement made by some of the suspects arrested in connection to the most deadly robbery in the history of nigeria. saraki wrote a statement dated 7 june1 yusuph olaniyonu the media adviser to senator bukola saraki said the house of his principal was blocked by the police tuesday morning1 kola ologbondiyan publicity secretary of the peoples democratic party corroborated unusual security presence at ekweremadus house when he tweeted security operatives block deputy senate president ike ekweremadus residence in apo abuja. ekweremadus spokesman uche anichukwu confirmed the security presence and said it included operatives of the economic and financial crimes commission1 it is in line with the above that you are requested to report to the head of the investigation team at the intelligence response team at guzape junction asokoro extension abuja on 24th of july 2018 at 8am for further investigation on the matter1 in a response last night saraki described the invitation as a mere afterthought which is designed to achieve political purpose1 both claims have not been verified. and security agents have not spoken on why the actions were taken1 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 sent the invitation to me at 8pm and requested that i report to the station by 8am tomorrow morning. this obviously demonstrated their desperation as i do not see why they are now in a hurry. saraki said 1 updated1