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Bukola Saraki Denies Involvement In N60Billion Deal

Bukola Saraki 1The President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Bukola Abubakar Saraki has cried out that he was never involved in the N60 billion arms deal scandal currently shaking the country.

The medical doctor turned politician and No. 3 citizen of Nigeria also debunked the rumour making rounds that he collected the sum of N250 million from officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria as gratification during Dr. Goodluck Jonathan’s regime. He spoke through his aide, Mr. Yusuph Olanioyonu:

“As a member of the Seventh Senate, Dr. Saraki was not a member of any of the committees which have oversight function on the Ministry of Defence or the intelligence and national security apparatus.

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“If he was tagged the leader of the opposition to the Jonathan administration, how then would he be privy to arms purchases and have the influence to blackmail any government agency or institution over the release of funds?

“The Senate President would like to alert members of the public to this new plot by this particular online medium to tarnish his reputation as the medium and its sponsors pursue the singular objective of removing him from the office of the Senate President, an objective they have since failed to achieve within and outside the National Assembly.

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“This time around, the medium and its sponsors close to drag the senate president to this reigning and current issue of arms purchase by them insinuating that he once blackmailed the Central Bank of Nigeria to give him and other senators N250million as a way of covering up the arbitrary withdrawal by the NSA from the security fund approval by the former president.

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“First, there is no logic in the claim as Saraki, who was persecuted by the last administration, could have had the influence and good standing to walk up to the Central Bank to demand any money, having exposed many atrocities of the past administration”.