Bukola Saraki. Photo:Twitter
Senate President Bukola Saraki has described the declare by the Nigeria Police linking him to the current Offa theft incident as baseless and a ploy to implicate him.
Famzn News reported that the Police had invited Saraki, for questioning over his alleged involvement within the offa Bank theft assault in Kwara State.
Reacting, nevertheless, in an assertion by his spokesperson, Yusuph Olaniyonu, Saraki known as on most of the people to ignore the allegation.
The Senate President acknowledged: “Let it's identified that there isn't a method I may have been related to armed theft towards my folks. When the Offa theft incident occurred, I used to be the primary prime public official to pay a go to to the place and proper there within the palace of the normal ruler, I put a name by way of to this similar Mr. Ibrahim Idris, the IGP, requesting him to make sure particular safety preparations as demanded by the folks.
“Members of the general public will keep in mind that on May 16, 2018, I alerted the Senate concerning the data died to me by my State Governor, Dr. Abdulfatai Ahmed, over a plot by the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, to border me up by getting some suspected cultists arrested in Ilorin to implicate me. It is believed that the well timed leakage of the plot in that case aborted the usage of the suspected cultists to implicate me. Now, it's the Offa bank theft suspects which are about for use.
“This plot is concocted to embarrass me and, within the thoughts of the IGP, it's his personal response after his refusal to honour the invitation by the National Assembly, headed me, for him to return and supply explanations on the rampant killings and violence throughout the nation.
“Like the sooner one, this frame-up will even fail as I hereby state categorically that I've no hyperlink with any band of criminals.
“As a person who has utmost respect for the rule of law and all constitutional institutions, when the invitation from the Police is formally extended to me, I will be ready to honour it without any delay.”