A Muslim group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC),
has described the continued stay in office of Dr.
Olusola Saraki as the Senate President as a threat to
the integrity of the Senate. In a statement signed by
its Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, the group said
the Saraki's trial for the false declaration of assets,
which began at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT)
on 5 April 2016, has thrown up staggering
disclosures.
These MURIC observed, have been worsened by the
mention of Saraki's name in the recent Panama Papers
Leaks, which identified the Senate President as one of the
owners hidden assets in safe tax havens abroad. For this,
the group said, something needs to be done and urgently,
too.
"The integrity of Senate is at stake here, and something
needs to be done and very urgently too," urged MURIC.
The group drew attention to the fact that over 60 senators
accompanied Saraki to the CCT on his first day of
appearance, something that was repeated during other
appearances. While not opposed to the legislators decision
to show solidarity to Saraki, the group expressed
dissatisfaction with the waste of legislative time and tax-
payers’ money that arises from the abandonment of their
duties.
MURIC also reckoned that Saraki's numerous attempts to
ensure that the trial did not take off suggested that he has
skeletons in his closet.
"The recent revelations during court proceedings where
staggering amounts of money were alleged to have been
surreptitiously deposited in bank accounts or siphoned
outside this country by the Senate President through his
agents also call for caution, concern, and sober reflection.
"The fact that huge sums were reportedly split into smaller
amounts and paid fifty (50) times into the same bank
account on a single day is quite worrisome. 'Somebody
somewhere knew that the source of the money he intended
to deposit in a bank account was illegal. Someone
somewhere wanted to avoid detection.
"Somebody somewhere knew that he could be detected if
the whole amount was paid in bulk and at a go. Somebody
somewhere has been a smart Alec," MURIC reckoned.
Similarly, the group asked if Senators could claim not to
know that the person mentioned in connection with the
alleged misdemeanours is not the Senate President. While
acknowledging that there are people of integrity in the
Senate, MURIC urged that those in the category should not
allow their names to be sullied by the public, which will
perceive them as being of the same stock with the
accused.
"MURIC, therefore, calls on Senate to do the needful. The
Nigerian public is disenchanted with a legislature that
cannot satisfy all righteousness. A legislative arm which
condones stinking corruption at the leadership level can
never be in tandem with Nigeria’s new elixir for anti-
corruption," the group said.
The group argued that senators will only be considered as friends of the people if they sanitise the system by
removing Saraki, who is emblematic of ‘monkey dey work,
baboon dey chop’ syndrome, which has made life difficult
for the people.
"Workers’ salary cannot take them home even on the day
they receive it.
" Some states are yet to pay the N18,000 minimum wage.
Some states also owe as much as three months salary
arrears.
"Our graduates of ten years ago are still roaming the
streets.
" There is hunger and starvation in the land. The average
Nigerian lives on less than one dollar ($1) per day. Our per capita income is less than $300. More than 70 million Nigerians are poor.
"How then can the masses stomach reports of a single
person depositing between N600,000 and N900,000 fifty
times in a single day?
"This wide gap between the rich and the poor is nothing
short of social, economic injustice.
" It is responsible for the rise in violent crime, particularly
armed robbery," the group concluded.

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Don't forget to advise Buhari to resign also
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Na only the person wey him dead body never dey decay dey talk say the person still dey live. Is it now they know that the gap between the rich and the poor is too much? Or that the things most of the office holders are paid for are not done? I don't that there is a saint among our so called leaders(rulers) even saint buhari

KINGinVALHALA3:

Bro, I feel this would be an exception.
Saraki knows right now that prison is a sure for him if he doesn't resign.
Anyways he resign or not doesn't matter anymore because its late already.
Even nature is currently against him, that's why Kwara Govt came out some days back to worsen his situation thinking they were helping him.

The useless MURIC should also advise Buhari to resign for forgery and gross incompetence!!! Nonsense!! FYI the CCT does not have the powers to send anyone to prison.

KINGinVALHALA3:

There isn't an exemption amongst them doesn't mean we should continue to allow them to feast on us.

How come you are not calling on Buhari to also resign for certificate forgery and gross imcompetence!! Selective justice is injustice!!

Where this ones crawl out from? who them epp. Buhari sef.

#saraki must go!

More Organizations will start speaking out

KINGinVALHALA3:

There isn't an exemption amongst them doesn't mean we should continue to allow them to feast on us.

i never said that we should allow them feast on us but what i meant was (1) if we are just realising now that we have been doomed by these people that have sweet mouth like native doctors(pastors) then we are just waking from a long sleep. (2) the people saying this now is it now they know or just want to make a headline. (3) we ought to braze up and stand for what we believe not waiting until things gets worst.

lekkie073:
#saraki must go!

Preach on brother!