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Re: Panama Papers: Bukola Saraki Under Pressure After Leak - Newsweek International by Omashowen: 11:08am On Apr 08, 2016
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Re: Panama Papers: Bukola Saraki Under Pressure After Leak - Newsweek International by bablong(m): 11:09am On Apr 08, 2016
"The All Progressives Congress politician previously served as the governor of Kwara state in west Nigeria between 2003 and 2011 before entering the Senate, the upper house of Nigeria’s National Assembly. A qualified physician and former banker, he was elected as Senate president in June 2015. The issuing of an arrest warrant for Saraki in September 2015 by Nigeria’s Code of Conduct Tribunal on 13 counts of alleged corruption was the first time in Nigerian history that a sitting Senate president had been subjected to such a warrant."

I guess this guy had it very rough in determining his career, from being a Physician to a banker, then a governor now a senate president........may be his next move will be to become a cleric since all his "employed alfas" ain' working anymore.

How come such a confused fellow occupies the nos 3 seat of this country......chai!!!

Naija...................i hail thee!

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Re: Panama Papers: Bukola Saraki Under Pressure After Leak - Newsweek International by Damikevin(m): 11:11am On Apr 08, 2016
#SarakiMUSTResign Share is you agree like if you accept

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Re: Panama Papers: Bukola Saraki Under Pressure After Leak - Newsweek International by iyb(m): 11:12am On Apr 08, 2016
Why is it our people will go to the European nations see order and sanity live and enjoy that environment then come back to naija and still behave like animals stealing enough money to last three generations of their family without thinking of the sufferings our people are going through

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Re: Panama Papers: Bukola Saraki Under Pressure After Leak - Newsweek International by igwegeorgiano(m): 11:14am On Apr 08, 2016
Standing5:
He should just resign and go invest n enjoy his blood money somewhere . . .
The guy isn't even fit to be a mere commissioner under Fayose.
Saraki will rather die than to resign. he called me this morning and told me that "walaihi me i wont resign chikena"
Re: Panama Papers: Bukola Saraki Under Pressure After Leak - Newsweek International by higherpower: 11:15am On Apr 08, 2016
todayboy:
Why no pressure for dangote and Theophilus danjuma who sponsored buhari election are they not in the Panama papers too. Buhari want want to start another selective trial against opposition


Oh it's now Dangote n Danjuma not Amaechi with Rivers money again. Ur ignorant is factory fitted
Re: Panama Papers: Bukola Saraki Under Pressure After Leak - Newsweek International by 9jatatafo(m): 11:16am On Apr 08, 2016
These people are brainless. Cayman's Island is a haven for hiding monies why Panama. Most American rich men launders their monies there.
Re: Panama Papers: Bukola Saraki Under Pressure After Leak - Newsweek International by funsho89(f): 11:17am On Apr 08, 2016
HungerBAD:
In Nigeria, the Panama Papers leak could be about to claim its latest high-profile victim.

Bukola Saraki, the president of the Nigerian Senate, has been caught up in the scandal relating to the leak of 11.5 million tax documents from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.

Saraki—who is currently on trial in Nigeria on charges of fraud, including false declaration of assets, all of which he denies—is accused of failing to declare at least four offshore assets listed under his wife Toyin’s name. The assets include a property in London’s plush Belgravia neighborhood, as well as two companies registered in the British Virgin Islands and a third in the Seychelles, both known tax havens, according to Nigeria’s Premium Times, a media partner in the Panama Papers investigation.

Holders of public office in Nigeria are required by law to declare their own assets, as well as those of their spouse and children under 18 years of age.

Saraki issued a statement on Monday protesting his innocence, saying that he has “fully complied with the provisions of the law” on declaration of assets. The statement said that the properties in questions were held by the family of Saraki’s wife and that “the law does not require a public officer to declare assets held by the spouse’s family.”

Combined with the ongoing fraud trial, however, the revelation is likely to heap pressure on Nigeria’s third-most powerful politician behind President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

The All Progressives Congress politician previously served as the governor of Kwara state in west Nigeria between 2003 and 2011 before entering the Senate, the upper house of Nigeria’s National Assembly. A qualified physician and former banker, he was elected as Senate president in June 2015. The issuing of an arrest warrant for Saraki in September 2015 by Nigeria’s Code of Conduct Tribunal on 13 counts of alleged corruption was the first time in Nigerian history that a sitting Senate president had been subjected to such a warrant.

Saraki’s trial revolves around his time as Kwara state governor. Charges against him include acquiring wealth beyond his legitimate earnings and holding a foreign bank account while in public office, which violates the fifth schedule of Nigeria’s constitution.

Prosecution witness Michael Wetkas, who headed up the anti-graft agency team that investigated Saraki, said on Tuesday that Saraki had laundered money through British and U.S. bank accounts and had failed to properly declare most of his assets. According to Wetkas, Saraki’s Nigerian account had a total inflow and outflow of up to 4 billion naira ($20 million) between 2005 and 2013, AFP reported.

Following the Panama Papers leak, Nigerian civil society groups have called upon President Buhari—who has made tackling corruption a key prong of his administration—to launch a probe into Saraki and other top officials implicated by the leak. Such a probe could raise further difficult questions for Saraki and is the last thing the embattled Senate president needs.


http://www.newsweek.com/panama-papers-who-nigerias-senate-president-bukola-saraki-444934




Cookola Saraki, by that time you're in jail in Nigeria either in Ikoyi prison .....a place which is much closer to some of your properties...we start seeing much of your great friends offen .People like Jzay ,Arnold Schwarzenegger, etc.
Re: Panama Papers: Bukola Saraki Under Pressure After Leak - Newsweek International by podosci(m): 11:23am On Apr 08, 2016
I swear.... EFCC is doing pressup and bad enough for saraki himself, his wife, his wifes lawyer,panama leaks, kwara state govement are busy laying land mines for him

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Re: Panama Papers: Bukola Saraki Under Pressure After Leak - Newsweek International by Localamos(m): 11:31am On Apr 08, 2016
Aromas:
Saraki should just resign honorably

Well said. But it does not exist in nigeria's culture. What we have are sit-tight politicians who refuse to quit office even in the face of damming evidence.
Re: Panama Papers: Bukola Saraki Under Pressure After Leak - Newsweek International by Inspectahdeck(m): 11:33am On Apr 08, 2016
Hmmm do we say history repeating itself?


HungerBAD:
Like Father Like SON
Re: Panama Papers: Bukola Saraki Under Pressure After Leak - Newsweek International by Deen77: 11:37am On Apr 08, 2016
todayboy:
Why no pressure for dangote and Theophilus danjuma who sponsored buhari election are they not in the Panama papers too. Buhari want want to start another selective trial against opposition

Are they Senate president, number three man been so corrupt.
Re: Panama Papers: Bukola Saraki Under Pressure After Leak - Newsweek International by soke92(m): 11:40am On Apr 08, 2016
In Mama Patience Voice I Will Rather Vacate The Seat Than Resign
Re: Panama Papers: Bukola Saraki Under Pressure After Leak - Newsweek International by iamrealdeji(m): 12:03pm On Apr 08, 2016
Standing5:
He should just resign and go invest n enjoy his blood money somewhere . . .
The guy isn't even fit to be a mere commissioner under Fayose.
you yourself is probably a ritualist and you should be investigated. What should happen to the people he has impoverished and the state that has gone bankrupt due to his atrocities?
Re: Panama Papers: Bukola Saraki Under Pressure After Leak - Newsweek International by excel101(m): 12:04pm On Apr 08, 2016
blackpanda:
Saraki should stop listening to those lawyers that are only out to chop their own share of the loot. He shld have resigned since and enter into plea bargaining to save his head.
Now its too late to cry!
If he had resigned and opted for plea bargain, how would you have gotten this revelations? He should continue while more of his corrupt deals are being unearthed
Re: Panama Papers: Bukola Saraki Under Pressure After Leak - Newsweek International by iamrealdeji(m): 12:08pm On Apr 08, 2016
podosci:
I swear.... EFCC is doing pressup and bad enough for saraki himself, his wife, his wifes lawyer,panama leaks, kwara state govement are busy laying land mines for him
don't forget the Ilorin Emir is his houseboy,GovernorMessenger Fatai is a mumu and he's under spell,Bukola just put him there to extract Kwara money,Kwaran citizens are gullible fools that get outsmarted by some little stunts
Re: Panama Papers: Bukola Saraki Under Pressure After Leak - Newsweek International by blackpanda: 12:12pm On Apr 08, 2016
excel101:
If he had resigned and opted for plea bargain, how would you have gotten this revelations? He should continue while more of his corrupt deals are being unearthed


Lol. To save his corrupt head na.
Am sure saraki will be regretting forever why he didnt support gej, cos all this corruption would have been swept under the carpet with one "presidential committee" grin
Re: Panama Papers: Bukola Saraki Under Pressure After Leak - Newsweek International by dklex(m): 12:21pm On Apr 08, 2016
todayboy:
Why no pressure for dangote and Theophilus danjuma who sponsored buhari election are they not in the Panama papers too. Buhari want want to start another selective trial against opposition


Are they office holder? Or u don't know what u saying.
Re: Panama Papers: Bukola Saraki Under Pressure After Leak - Newsweek International by Superar: 12:46pm On Apr 08, 2016
I've been hearing 'Panama Papers' for a while now, please what's it all about? Can someone enlighten me. Thanks in anticipation
Re: Panama Papers: Bukola Saraki Under Pressure After Leak - Newsweek International by hibroym(m): 12:55pm On Apr 08, 2016
Politics is all about personal interest @ d same tym,a gud politician has 2 add gud xracta & humbleness 2 there political career 2 get to d peak & remain relevant in d political settings.
Re: Panama Papers: Bukola Saraki Under Pressure After Leak - Newsweek International by IYANGBALI: 1:04pm On Apr 08, 2016
Saraki own don finish


























Even Chukwudi44 no fit do anything for am again
Re: Panama Papers: Bukola Saraki Under Pressure After Leak - Newsweek International by todayboy: 1:42pm On Apr 08, 2016
Deen77:


Are they Senate president, number three man been so corrupt.
So buhari should probe only the former senate president and Saraki and liv dangote and danjuma that sponsor his election right
Young man you have been brainwashed by the tinubu Twitter children and media
Re: Panama Papers: Bukola Saraki Under Pressure After Leak - Newsweek International by todayboy: 1:45pm On Apr 08, 2016
greenpasture:


The two people you mentioned do not hold political office. Having an offshore company and assets is not a crime. What is a crime is failing to disclose it to the CCB on assumption or vacation of office.

So because they don't have political office they should be left behind do you know the meaning of tax evasion
Danjuma and dangote transfer money illegally to Panama and make huge profit
Use the profit to sponsored buhari election and you are saying they should not be proed
Young man grow up you have been brainwashed
Re: Panama Papers: Bukola Saraki Under Pressure After Leak - Newsweek International by todayboy: 1:48pm On Apr 08, 2016
farem:


Can you tell this honorable House, the political portfolios of Dangote and danjuma?

Or tell us the political office the duo occupied in the last 30 years?

Your response will let us know the wisdom or the otherwise of your protest letter
They are app finacial they sponsor buhari election
The money they make from tax evasion they use it to sponsor buhari
So if public officials should be probed then dangote and danjuma should also be probed
End of story, we are tired of selective trials from buhari
Re: Panama Papers: Bukola Saraki Under Pressure After Leak - Newsweek International by kuuljay(m): 1:48pm On Apr 08, 2016
todayboy:

So buhari should probe only the former senate president and Saraki and liv dangote and danjuma that sponsor his election right
Young man you have been brainwashed by the tinubu Twitter children and media
is your brain in your rectum? How old are you not to know that these two are business men and not political office holders,some people are annoyingly dumb
Re: Panama Papers: Bukola Saraki Under Pressure After Leak - Newsweek International by Tarzaa(m): 2:01pm On Apr 08, 2016
blackpanda:
Saraki should stop listening to those lawyers that are only out to chop their own share of the loot. He shld have resigned since and enter into plea bargaining to save his head.
Now its too late to cry!
You're right, but that is the last thing a true Nigerian will do!
Re: Panama Papers: Bukola Saraki Under Pressure After Leak - Newsweek International by redcliff: 3:38pm On Apr 08, 2016
HungerBAD:
Like Father Like SON

Lmao!!

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Re: Panama Papers: Bukola Saraki Under Pressure After Leak - Newsweek International by redcliff: 3:41pm On Apr 08, 2016
Babacele:
saratif still thinks he s smart , but his street credentials is sooo poor. a mere commissioner is gona send him to jail after all. If he s truly sorry I can bet you a woman somewhere can save him. But is he sorry?

Crookola saraktif.. lmao!!!
Re: Panama Papers: Bukola Saraki Under Pressure After Leak - Newsweek International by UltimatedeBest(m): 3:59pm On Apr 08, 2016
Panama papers is just an APC diversionary tactics from lack of power supply and fuel scarcity in d country
Re: Panama Papers: Bukola Saraki Under Pressure After Leak - Newsweek International by topsam1(m): 5:54pm On Apr 08, 2016
higherpower:



Oh it's now Dangote n Danjuma not Amaechi with Rivers money again. Ur ignorant is factory fitted
. Oh boy! You get mouth ooo....factory fitted??

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Re: Panama Papers: Bukola Saraki Under Pressure After Leak - Newsweek International by topsam1(m): 5:54pm On Apr 08, 2016
higherpower:



Oh it's now Dangote n Danjuma not Amaechi with Rivers money again. Ur ignorant is factory fitted
. Oh boy! You get mouth ooo....factory fitted?? Cant laf enof

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Re: Panama Papers: Bukola Saraki Under Pressure After Leak - Newsweek International by stonemasonn: 7:11pm On Apr 08, 2016
The timing of this Panama thing is bad for Saraki oo. Abi Buhari has a hand in the leak.

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