THE Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Inspector General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase, yesterday advised Senate President Bukola Saraki to brace up to charges against him at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), rather than politicise his trial.
In a counter affidavit they filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja in response to a fresh suit by Saraki, the trio counselled him to devote his energy to defend the charge against him, instead of dissipating same on claims that his trial was politically motivated.
They denied being influenced by any political consideration to initiate the 13-count false asset declaration charge against him (Saraki) before the CCT.
The AGF, EFCC, IGP, Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation (DPPF), Mohammed Diri, and Muslim Hassan (a Deputy Director in the Federal Ministry of Justice) said Saraki’s trial was informed by the outcome of a joint investigation conducted by the EFCC, Department of State Services (DSS), Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) between 2003 and this year.
They noted that the investigation revealed, among others, that Saraki lied in the information he presented in the CCB Forms he completed between 2003 and 2011 in Ikoyi and Ikeja, both in Lagos State, using third party companies in which he had interest, with the intension of concealing his interests in such property.
They gave the name of the companies as Tiny Tee Limited; Vitti Oil Limited; Skyview Properties Limited; and Carlisle Properties.
The AGF, EFCC, IGP, Diri and Hassan added that Saraki lied in his claim that an official of the Federal Ministry of Justice, Bulus Michael, informed him that his trial was politically-motivated, saying no official of the ministry bears such name.
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