06-05-2018, 01:50 PM
Offa bank robbery: Police makes U-turn, demands written statement from Saraki
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Senate President Bukola Saraki will no longer appear before the police for questioning.
Saraki In a post on his Twitter account yesterday, disclosed that he now has a formal communication from the police, but it was not for him to appear but rather to answer questions bordering on the robbery in Offa, Kwara State, in April.
“Following my earlier tweet, I have received the letter from the Nigerian police.
They are no longer asking me to appear at any station, but to respond in writing to the allegations within 48 hours which I plan to do,” Saraki revealed.
The announcement comes minutes after Vice President Yemi Osinbajo met behind closed-doors with Saraki and police chief, Ibrahim Idris, as well as the head of State Security Service, Lawal Daura, at the State House.
It also comes about four hours after Saraki announced he was yet to get a police invite.
The Senate president had earlier he said he dispatched his security details to the Force Headquarters in Abuja to ask the police for an invite which was not responded to.
The police had said on Sunday that some of the suspects in the Offa bank robbery confessed to being sponsored by the Senate president.
Meanwhile Vice President Yemi Osinbajo Monday, held meetings with heads of security agencies including Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris; the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami and the Director-General of the Department of State Security, Lawal Daura, for over an hour.
The meeting came on the heels of the police invitation extended to Senate President Bukola Saraki, over alleged link with Offa robbery suspects.
President Muhammadu Buhari had earlier met with the service chiefs and heads of other security agencies.
The IGP refused to speak with State House correspondents after the meeting with Osinbajo, but instead referred them to the Vice President’s Aide de Camp (ADC). The meeting held behind closed-doors at the Vice President’s wing of the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja.
The meeting according to a Presidency source was said to be convened over the summons given to Senate President Bukola Saraki by the police over his alleged relationship with suspects arrested following the April 5 bank robbery in Offa, Kwara State.
Cornered by State House Correspondents to brief them on what the agenda of the meeting was about, the IGP said that all enquiries should be directed to the ADC to Osinbajo.
http://www.businessdayonline.com/offa-ba...nt-saraki/
by Iniobong Iwok,
Senate President Bukola Saraki will no longer appear before the police for questioning.
Saraki In a post on his Twitter account yesterday, disclosed that he now has a formal communication from the police, but it was not for him to appear but rather to answer questions bordering on the robbery in Offa, Kwara State, in April.
“Following my earlier tweet, I have received the letter from the Nigerian police.
They are no longer asking me to appear at any station, but to respond in writing to the allegations within 48 hours which I plan to do,” Saraki revealed.
The announcement comes minutes after Vice President Yemi Osinbajo met behind closed-doors with Saraki and police chief, Ibrahim Idris, as well as the head of State Security Service, Lawal Daura, at the State House.
It also comes about four hours after Saraki announced he was yet to get a police invite.
The Senate president had earlier he said he dispatched his security details to the Force Headquarters in Abuja to ask the police for an invite which was not responded to.
The police had said on Sunday that some of the suspects in the Offa bank robbery confessed to being sponsored by the Senate president.
Meanwhile Vice President Yemi Osinbajo Monday, held meetings with heads of security agencies including Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris; the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami and the Director-General of the Department of State Security, Lawal Daura, for over an hour.
The meeting came on the heels of the police invitation extended to Senate President Bukola Saraki, over alleged link with Offa robbery suspects.
President Muhammadu Buhari had earlier met with the service chiefs and heads of other security agencies.
The IGP refused to speak with State House correspondents after the meeting with Osinbajo, but instead referred them to the Vice President’s Aide de Camp (ADC). The meeting held behind closed-doors at the Vice President’s wing of the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja.
The meeting according to a Presidency source was said to be convened over the summons given to Senate President Bukola Saraki by the police over his alleged relationship with suspects arrested following the April 5 bank robbery in Offa, Kwara State.
Cornered by State House Correspondents to brief them on what the agenda of the meeting was about, the IGP said that all enquiries should be directed to the ADC to Osinbajo.
http://www.businessdayonline.com/offa-ba...nt-saraki/