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Senate President Saraki Lied In His Official Election Forms - Sahara Reporters by argon500: 12:07am On Aug 07, 2015
SaharaReporters has obtained exclusive copies of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) nomination forms by which Senate President Bukola Saraki ran for the National Assembly election, and they unveil a pattern of lies, evasion and misrepresentation of facts on questions about his nationality and identity.

The documents come weeks after SaharaReporters provided evidence showing that Mr. Saraki is a citizen of the United Kingdom.
For instance, under “Personal particulars of persons seeking election,” the man who would become Senate President declared his nationality to be “Nigerian.” However, when answering the question, “Did you change your nationality in the past?” he indicated “NIL” or no.

As first exposed by SaharaReporters, Mr. Saraki’s passport clearly indicates that he holds citizenship of United Kingdom. Perhaps on account of this, Mr. Saraki left blank Question 10, on whether the prospective candidate has “made a declaration of allegiance to any other country.”

Mr. Saraki’s answers to these questions indicate that he is concealing the fact that he is a bonafide citizen of the United Kingdom. Knowing that it would hurt his political ambitions, he deliberately concealed the fact that he has changed the profile of his nationality in the past.

On the forms, Mr. Saraki also completely evaded question 12, which asked the candidate to specify his place of birth. Rather than declare his place of birth to be Hampstead North, of the Metropolitan Bourough of Hampstead in the United Kingdom, Mr. Saraki craftily repeated his date of birth: 19-12-1962. For some reason, INEC did not invalidate the form as it should have.

On the question of the circumstances of his birth, Mr. Saraki has also played fast and loose with the facts. SaharaReporters has obtained a copy of his birth certificate, which proves that he was born on December 19, 1962 as Olubukola Adebisi Olabowale Saraki but curiously Mr. Saraki’s birth was not registered until a year later in 1963. This is contrary to his name on his INEC documents, which he wrote as Abubakar Bukola Saraki. Our sources who have knowledge of the story say he gave himself this version in an effort to appeal to northern voters in Kwara State.

SaharaReporters contacted Mr. Saraki and his aides to offer an opportunity to them to explain the systemic evasion and misrepresentation of his nationality and citizenship in his election documents, contrary to the law. Nobody appeared willing to provide any explanation as to the discrepancies in his official records and claims as listed in this and previous SaharaReporters stories.


Source: http://saharareporters.com/2015/08/06/nigerias-senate-president-saraki-lied-his-official-election-forms

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Re: Senate President Saraki Lied In His Official Election Forms - Sahara Reporters by HungerBAD: 12:12am On Aug 07, 2015
Perjury is a very serious offense and a ground for impeachment.

He might want to say, his aides filled out the forms, but the most important thing here is WHO SIGNED THE FORMS? Saraki, as long as you are the one that signed it.

Then you are guilty in the public court of opinion,of perjury. And all that needs to be done by the APC is to formally take you to court, where you will be be found guilty in the court of the land for perjury.

Ignorance, they say is not an excuse before the law. And that is why any Public Paper that can be requested for, has to be properly vetted before anybody should sign it.

APC let us do the needful, and kick this fraud out as the Senate President.

In my Grandmother's Voice. GOD DON CATCH AM.

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Re: Senate President Saraki Lied In His Official Election Forms - Sahara Reporters by Nobody: 12:13am On Aug 07, 2015
APC wan finish this man oo grin grin grin

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Re: Senate President Saraki Lied In His Official Election Forms - Sahara Reporters by Mynd44: 12:23am On Aug 07, 2015
Does anyone think at some point, this will become an overkill?

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Re: Senate President Saraki Lied In His Official Election Forms - Sahara Reporters by joseph1832(m): 12:24am On Aug 07, 2015
barcanista:
APC wan finish this man oo grin grin grin
The same man wey you jump and shout to celebrate when dem elect am senate president abi?.

Mynd44:
Does anyone think at some point, this will become an overkill?
It might!. No matter the odds, money changeth a man.

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Re: Senate President Saraki Lied In His Official Election Forms - Sahara Reporters by 9jagirl4ree(f): 12:25am On Aug 07, 2015
This is serious shocked shocked shocked shocked

Oga Saraki is in big trouble

This is a nail on his coffin

Tinubu you are wicked


Lalasticlala do justice

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Re: Senate President Saraki Lied In His Official Election Forms - Sahara Reporters by 9jagirl4ree(f): 12:26am On Aug 07, 2015
Mynd44:
Does anyone think at some point, this will become an overkill?

No.

It will be a road kill.

A reminder that there are consequences when you venture into the unknown

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Re: Senate President Saraki Lied In His Official Election Forms - Sahara Reporters by likila: 12:27am On Aug 07, 2015
Once your parents are Nigerians, you are a natural born citizen.
Just read the constitution.

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Re: Senate President Saraki Lied In His Official Election Forms - Sahara Reporters by 9jagirl4ree(f): 12:32am On Aug 07, 2015
likila:
Once your parents are Nigerians, you are a natural born citizen.
Just read the constitution.

Is that why he deliberately misled INEC officials about the exact circumstances surrounding his birth?

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Re: Senate President Saraki Lied In His Official Election Forms - Sahara Reporters by Day11(m): 12:33am On Aug 07, 2015
Now tell me!


Who is "HE" nobody can bullshyte in naija politics


JAGABAN grin


Underrate him at your own peril.

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Re: Senate President Saraki Lied In His Official Election Forms - Sahara Reporters by Kyase(m): 12:34am On Aug 07, 2015
barcanista:
APC wan finish this man oo grin grin grin
oga that man need finishing oo.

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Re: Senate President Saraki Lied In His Official Election Forms - Sahara Reporters by UdaraIsAFruit: 12:46am On Aug 07, 2015
barcanista:
APC wan finish this man oo grin grin grin
Want to know everything about yourself and your history?
Join politics. grin your enemies go help you do am.

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Re: Senate President Saraki Lied In His Official Election Forms - Sahara Reporters by timilehin007(m): 12:47am On Aug 07, 2015
My baby is one today...show some love people pls...

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Re: Senate President Saraki Lied In His Official Election Forms - Sahara Reporters by Nobody: 12:57am On Aug 07, 2015
barcanista:
APC wan finish this man oo grin grin grin
Although he was a bit cunning, the law is on Saraki's side. Because he was born in the UK, he can't be deemed to have "changed" his nationality.
Also, sections 25 and 66 of the constitution show that he is a Nigerian by birth and meets the citizen eligibility standard to run for, and hold elected office in Nigeria.

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Re: Senate President Saraki Lied In His Official Election Forms - Sahara Reporters by Afam4eva(m): 1:06am On Aug 07, 2015
APC as a part of digging its own grave without knowing it. There comes a time when you let sleeping dogs like. No party in the world is perfect and certainly not one in Nigeria. They should just let him be. They have made their point and I believe he has learned from his mistakes. A continuous threading on this path will bring the party down.

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Re: Senate President Saraki Lied In His Official Election Forms - Sahara Reporters by Enki40(m): 1:55am On Aug 07, 2015
Alright. But something really baffles me, I wonder why all these revelations are only coming to the fore after he had a disagreement with the APC chieftains. Should we assume they knew all these about him all this while, but have been concealing it? Does that mean there are many other crooks in government whose identities and atrocities are being concealed?

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Re: Senate President Saraki Lied In His Official Election Forms - Sahara Reporters by merry02(m): 2:15am On Aug 07, 2015
Shara reporters and its ostrich antics!Tinubu should leave this man alone...the same reporter that called Buhari snil president when he didn't intervane into assembly crisis!!!if Buhari is nt careful with his cohorts,they ll stain his government with media....

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Re: Senate President Saraki Lied In His Official Election Forms - Sahara Reporters by M4gunners: 3:13am On Aug 07, 2015
Even the Oga's on top also lied.

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Re: Senate President Saraki Lied In His Official Election Forms - Sahara Reporters by Nobody: 3:16am On Aug 07, 2015
argon500:
[s]SaharaReporters has obtained exclusive copies of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) nomination forms by which Senate President Bukola Saraki ran for the National Assembly election, and they unveil a pattern of lies, evasion and misrepresentation of facts on questions about his nationality and identity.

The documents come weeks after SaharaReporters provided evidence showing that Mr. Saraki is a citizen of the United Kingdom.
For instance, under “Personal particulars of persons seeking election,” the man who would become Senate President declared his nationality to be “Nigerian.” However, when answering the question, “Did you change your nationality in the past?” he indicated “NIL” or no.

As first exposed by SaharaReporters, Mr. Saraki’s passport clearly indicates that he holds citizenship of United Kingdom. Perhaps on account of this, Mr. Saraki left blank Question 10, on whether the prospective candidate has “made a declaration of allegiance to any other country.”

Mr. Saraki’s answers to these questions indicate that he is concealing the fact that he is a bonafide citizen of the United Kingdom. Knowing that it would hurt his political ambitions, he deliberately concealed the fact that he has changed the profile of his nationality in the past.

On the forms, Mr. Saraki also completely evaded question 12, which asked the candidate to specify his place of birth. Rather than declare his place of birth to be Hampstead North, of the Metropolitan Bourough of Hampstead in the United Kingdom, Mr. Saraki craftily repeated his date of birth: 19-12-1962. For some reason, INEC did not invalidate the form as it should have.

On the question of the circumstances of his birth, Mr. Saraki has also played fast and loose with the facts. SaharaReporters has obtained a copy of his birth certificate, which proves that he was born on December 19, 1962 as Olubukola Adebisi Olabowale Saraki but curiously Mr. Saraki’s birth was not registered until a year later in 1963. This is contrary to his name on his INEC documents, which he wrote as Abubakar Bukola Saraki. Our sources who have knowledge of the story say he gave himself this version in an effort to appeal to northern voters in Kwara State.

SaharaReporters contacted Mr. Saraki and his aides to offer an opportunity to them to explain the systemic evasion and misrepresentation of his nationality and citizenship in his election documents, contrary to the law. Nobody appeared willing to provide any explanation as to the discrepancies in his official records and claims as listed in this and previous SaharaReporters stories.

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Source: http://saharareporters.com/2015/08/06/nigerias-senate-president-saraki-lied-his-official-election-forms

TRASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RUBBISH JOURNALISM!!!!!

Not a fan of Saraki, but if this is all you can dig up against Saraki, PLEASE GET A LIFE!!!

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Re: Senate President Saraki Lied In His Official Election Forms - Sahara Reporters by mikolo80: 3:23am On Aug 07, 2015
Enki40:
Alright. But something really baffles me, I wonder why all these revelations are only coming to the fore after he had a disagreement with the APC chieftains. Should we assume they knew all these about him all this while, but have been concealing it? Does that mean there are many other crooks in government whose identities and atrocities are being concealed?
they need to have some ammo to use against you in case you go rogue

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Re: Senate President Saraki Lied In His Official Election Forms - Sahara Reporters by Nobody: 3:28am On Aug 07, 2015
9jagirl4ree:


Is that why he deliberately misled INEC officials about the exact circumstances surrounding his birth?


Lol desperation of the highest order.Saraki was born both a UK citizen and Nigerian citizen.He never changed his citizenship so you ,Tinubu and sahara reporters have no case

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Re: Senate President Saraki Lied In His Official Election Forms - Sahara Reporters by Nobody: 3:30am On Aug 07, 2015
mikolo80:
they need to have some ammo to use against you in case you go rogue
I am yet to see any amo!! All they have been throwing all along are just grapes and oranges!!The propaganda is even getting too childish and winning for him. More support on the floor of the senate

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Re: Senate President Saraki Lied In His Official Election Forms - Sahara Reporters by Nobody: 3:33am On Aug 07, 2015
CFCfan:

Although he was a bit cunning, the law is on Saraki's side. Because he was born in the UK, he can't be deemed to have "changed" his nationality.
Also, the sections 25 and 66 of the constitution show that he is a Nigerian by birth and meets the citizen eligibility standard to run for, and hold elected office in Nigeria.

That is exactly the koko of the matter!!! Saraki was born both a UK and a Nigerian citizenship !!! How on earth does it amountin to chaning his citizenship?

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Re: Senate President Saraki Lied In His Official Election Forms - Sahara Reporters by mikolo80: 3:34am On Aug 07, 2015
chukwudi44:

I am yet to see any amo!! All they have been throwing all along are just grapes and oranges!!The propaganda is even getting too childish and winning for him. More support on the floor of the senate
warning shots
Re: Senate President Saraki Lied In His Official Election Forms - Sahara Reporters by asodeboyede(m): 4:34am On Aug 07, 2015
Indeed, SaraTHIEF has bitten more than he can chewgrin
It is advisable to be light and not heavy with loads when trying to swim across a river. Saraki may eventually sink... Too much for him these days.
When the greedy tries to win all, he loses all!
cheesy

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Re: Senate President Saraki Lied In His Official Election Forms - Sahara Reporters by omowolewa: 4:40am On Aug 07, 2015
This can't nail Saraki effectively, try more.

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Re: Senate President Saraki Lied In His Official Election Forms - Sahara Reporters by disloman(m): 4:58am On Aug 07, 2015
Politics might sound devilish but loyalty n trust are needed.Without those two,u are on a long thing.

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Re: Senate President Saraki Lied In His Official Election Forms - Sahara Reporters by jomoh: 4:58am On Aug 07, 2015
Its getting really hot.






Anyone that has ever read the book "Mafia Manager" will understand what Tinubu is doing to this Man.

Jagaban is a Mafia Don.
Re: Senate President Saraki Lied In His Official Election Forms - Sahara Reporters by dunkem21(m): 5:03am On Aug 07, 2015
..Even if he presents a NEPA bill, he is still our Senate President. grin


..Nothing dey happen, Saraki.

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Re: Senate President Saraki Lied In His Official Election Forms - Sahara Reporters by brixton: 5:16am On Aug 07, 2015
It's about to go down! Can the APC muscle the dogged Saraki out of his exalted post by slander and newspapers propaganda? Only time will tell.

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Re: Senate President Saraki Lied In His Official Election Forms - Sahara Reporters by JudgeWilson(m): 5:33am On Aug 07, 2015
Saraki abi na Shaki don enter one chance finally. He will be booted out of that seat soon. Over ambitious kills

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Re: Senate President Saraki Lied In His Official Election Forms - Sahara Reporters by kulikuli26: 5:47am On Aug 07, 2015
This can't be converted to 2/3 votes needed to oust saraki and if the idea is to dislodge him as the political godfather of kwara, you probably will have to try harder because kwara voters have heard something worse than this and Saraki always deliver 100%. This isn't a noisemaking exercise, it's about connecting with the right people that matters in this game. This is the same strategy adopted against Fayose that made the party lose 16 - 0. APC need to evolve better strategy in moments like this. This is surely dead on arrival.

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