The senate president, Bukola Saraki,Facebook
Senate President Bukola Saraki says his invitation by the police over the Offa bank robbery is tied to politics.
Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, had said Saraki was invited in connection with the investigation of Offa robbery incident which resulted in the death of many people.
But Saraki, one of the top members of the ruling All Progressives Congress unhappy with the leadership of the party, said there was more to the invite.
“The police have obviously corrupted and politicised their investigations into the Offa robbery incident,” he alleged shortly after the news of his invitation broke,” he said in a statement.
“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 elections.”
The Senate President noted that the police had already decided on the suspects to arraign in court in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital on Wednesday, based on the advice of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Mohammed Etsu.