“He Only Visited To Answer Questions, He’s Back Home” – Aide Speaks On Why EFCC Quizzed Bukola Saraki
Yusuph Olaniyonu, the media aide to Abubakar Bukola Saraki, the former Senate President, has said operatives of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) his principal never arrested.
He disclosed this in a statement he signed and made available to the media on Saturday night, July 31, 2021.
Mr. Olaniyonu insisted the former governor of Kwara State only visited the anti-corruption agency to answer some questions on “any issue that the commission may want to raise with him,” and that he has since returned home.
The statement
The Media Office of Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki will like to confirm that this afternoon, Dr. Saraki on his own volition visited the office of the EFCC to clarify any issue that the commission may want to raise with him.
It will be recalled that following the order of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on the Fundamental Human Rights case filed by Dr. Saraki during the period of the former chairman of the EFCC which precluded the commission from investigating him until the matter is dispensed with, the commission at the last hearing on July 14, 2021, pleaded with the judge that the order was preventing them from doing their job.
Following this complaint, Dr. Saraki, as a responsible citizen, on his own volition approached the commission that at the earliest convenient date, he was willing to visit the commission’s office and clarify all issues they might want to raise with him.
He, therefore, visited the commission’s office this afternoon and answered some questions. He is back home. He was not arrested. Dr. Saraki also assured the commission that he has nothing to hide and will always make himself available to clear all issues that may require his attention.
