Saraki Responds to SaharaReporters’ Claims over Missing N300m: ‘It is Unfounded and Irresponsible’

Saraki Responds to SaharaReporters’ Claims over Missing N300m: ‘It is Unfounded and Irresponsible’

Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki has described as unfounded and irresponsible the claim by SaharaReporters that 300Million Naira was stolen from his bedroom in his Ilorin home. Dr Saraki said the claim contained falsehood and is at best an exaggeration of an incident which happened two weeks ago in which N12 million was stolen by some unknown persons inside the Administrative Office located next door to the house.

In a statement, Special Adviser to the Senate President on Media and Publicity Yusuph Olaniyonu stated that unknown persons broke into the safe in the Administrative Office and stole the N12 million. He also stated that the incident had since been reported to the police and the Kwara State Police command are investigating the matter with a view to nail the culprits.

The statement further reads;

“For the umpteenth time, we need to reiterate the fact that SaharaReporters’ fixation that any money spent by Saraki or that is in his possession is from Kwara State Government is unfounded, unwarranted, lacks any basis and irresponsible. We wonder whether Saraki was such a poor man before 2003 when he was elected Governor that he could no longer own any money without SaharaReporters attributing the source to the State Government.

“In its usual unethical and disgraceful haste to assassinate the Character of the Senate President, SaharaReporters ignored the simple professional practice for it to contact the Police to find out the facts of the incident. It merely created its own usually fictional story and published it. This is an online publication that cares not about its credibility or the journalism credo that facts are sacred and opinion is free.

“We call on all members of the public to ignore all the claims in the story. Dr. Saraki will allow the police to do their work and unravel the person or persons behind this theft in the Administrative Office.”

Signed

Yusuph Olaniyonu,

Special Adviser (Media and Pubicity) to the Senate President