In the latest saga; Senator SARAKI is alleged to have to have been involved in the laundering of three point five billion naira proceed from the Paris Club refund.
SARAKI and some of his personal aides were indicted in a report purportedly authored by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The money is thought to be part of five hundred and twenty-two billion naira loan refund that was disbursed to all states of the federation in December.
The refund was as a result of over-deductions from the statutory allocations of the states to take care of debt servicing from 1995 to 2002.
But the Senate President has turned around to accuse the Acting Chairman of EFCC, IBRAHIM MAGU, of cooking up reports against him.
His position was contained in a statement released by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, YUSUPH OLANIYONU.
According to the statement obtained by our Abuja correspondent, JAMES IGAH, the spokesman for the Senate President claimed MAGU was fighting back against his principal because of the Senate’s rejection of his confirmation as substantive Chairman of EFCC.
He said the allegations were not new, adding that the EFCC had from the onset of its investigation into the Paris Club refund made attempts to drag in the name of Senator SARAKI into the scandal, which he denied any such involvement.
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