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The Peoples Democratic Party has debunked claims that the ruling All Progressives Congress and one of its national leaders, Bola Tinubu, were behind the ongoing investigation of the wife of the President of the Senate, Toyin Saraki, for corruption.

PREMIUM TIMES had on Wednesday exclusively reported the invitation, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, of Mrs. Saraki, who was the first lady of Kwara between 2003 and 2011, in relation to alleged questionable inflow of funds into companies in which she has interest.

But shortly after that news broke, a group of senators loyal to Senate President Bukola Saraki, under the aegis of ‘Like Minds,’ questioned the investigation, expressing concerns that the probe might be politically-motivated and suggesting that the leadership of the APC might be hounding Mrs. Saraki as a way of getting at her husband.

Mr. Saraki has been locked in battle with the leadership of the ruling party over his emergence as senate president on June 9 contrary to the wishes of the party.
Joseph Waku, a chieftain of the APC, had also on Saturday accused Mr. Tinubu of masterminding a “baseless petition” that led to the invitation of Mrs. Saraki by the EFCC, a charge the former Lagos governor stoutly denied.

But in a statement Sunday, the Kwara state chapter of the PDP said it was a petition it (PDP) submitted to the EFCC that got Mrs. Saraki into trouble.

“It has become imperative to inform the members of the public that we have every reasons to believe that a petition recently submitted to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kwara state chapter is largely responsible for the invitation and eventual criminal prosecution of the former Kwara First Lady and wife of the Senate President, Mrs. Toyin Saraki,” the party said in a statement by its spokesperson, Rex Olawoye.

The PDP added, “It will be recalled that our party had sometime early this year discreetly submitted a petition to the EFCC detailing how certain individuals in high places under the past administration of Dr. Bukola Saraki milked the state dry and left the people more impoverished than they met them.

“In the said petition, we carefully chronicled how state officials, including former First Lady, Toyin Saraki, former Special Adviser to the Governor on MDGs, Mr. Ope Saraki, Personal Assistant (PA) to ex-Governor Bukola Saraki, one Mr. Abdul Adama from Kogi state, a former Commissioner for Information, Mr. Tunji Morounfoye, all working in a ring, got enmeshed in a cesspool of corruption unprecedented in the history of Kwara state or any other state of the federal for that matter!

“Although, we believe that the arrest and prosecution of Mrs. Toyin Saraki is long overdue, we nevertheless take solace under the fact that the long arm of the law seems to have finally caught up with her and her cronies. We are particularly delighted that our painstaking efforts at chronicling the monumental heist that defined the eight years, almost uneventful rule of former Governor Bukola Saraki in Kwara, has not gone unnoticed.

“We therefore commend the EFCC for its resourcefulness and painstakingness. We pledge our cooperation with the EFCC and all other relevant anti-graft agencies to ensure that all those who knowingly looted our collective patrimony, but now walking the streets of Kwara free with their ill-gotten wealth, do not go unpunished.

“We urge the anti-graft agency not to buckle in to pressure or blackmail that is already being mounted by political jobbers over Mrs. Saraki’s invitation by the EFCC. Instead of sponsoring paid activist-for-hire to stampede the EFCC out of the prosecution, one would have thought that the most moral thing for Toyin Saraki and her handlers to do now is to allow the law to take its cause. Since the duo of Ope Saraki and Tunji Morounfoye are already standing trial for their crimes, one would expect Mrs. Saraki too to seize the moment and clear her name, instead of playing to the gallery.

“For the avoidance of doubt, we reiterate that the offences Mrs. Saraki is being accused of are criminal in nature and such offences are not known to be statute-barred. Therefore, the fact that it took over five years after Mrs. Saraki left office as Kwara First Lady before she is eventually brought before the law does not matter.

“What matters is that justice is ultimately served, especially for the sake of the hard-working Kwara civil servants, poor Kwara farmers and the promising children of Kwara who were and are still being subjected to all manners of deprivations as a result of the rapaciousness of a privileged few who could not contain the temptations to stare clear the cookie jar.”

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Politics is really a dirty game. It is now very obvious that the self acclaimed SP got no choice than to bow to the leaders of his party. Let see how him alone can defend this counter attack from his opponents. Now that the Kwara State PDP claimed responsibility for his wife saga with EFCC I think there is still more to come his way. Meanwhile, Jagaban will be like well done boys to his PDP boys in Kwara State. Moral of the story, never outsmart your master. Judas Saraki, expect more counter attack.

Some re-tarded online mo-ron will invade dis thread with their confusionist analysis/bleat.Anonimi,severasnake,morongidi,BarcanisaTAN and oda wailers .The name Tinubu is their nightmare

Hmmm getting interesting ....whatever a man soweth he must reap.... Toyin Saraki welcome to the other side of the law....

Angry Bird ANONIMI .I dey wait for Ur backward/hate post

Some idio.ts will still twist d whole thing

Stories!

Question is, if PDP Kwara State is completely and single-handedly responsible for the probe of a former First Lady of their State, why now, 5yrs after she left office?

All those that are arguing that it is because PMB has come on board, the corresponding questions are: did he come on board since about January when they claim they petitioned?

Another question, if Saraki didn't leave PDP and would they have petitioned?

If Saraki didn't get elected as the Senate President and got enmeshed in the leadership crisis of the Senate and that of APC, would this petition have seen the light of the day?

Many that have quoted the earlier parts of my comment claim that the petitioners deem it fit and most appropriate to send the delayed and near belated petition now because the man at the helms of affairs in Nigeria does not condone corruption, as such, he is corruption-free.

I, Udo dares to ask, is PMB really not corrupt? Could that be the reason he says he will limit his probe only to the era of GEJ, and we say this is not corruption?

This old man is on the brink of constructing a stronghold of a precedence, and we are still watching.
It may be GEJ, his government and his officials today, it might be someone else' tomorrow!

Nigerians, WAKE UP!

Stop taking Nigerians for fools,

#WEARENOFOOLS#

What a world we live in.Anything can happen.

eleko1:
Some re-tarded online slowpoke will invade dis thread with their confusionist analysis/bleat.Anonimi,severasnake,morongidi,BarcanisaTAN and oda wailers .The name Tinubu is their nightmare

Lalasticlala come and share this to the world to cool some wailing tempers

In Waku's voice:"NOOOO! I no gree! This is bullshyt! It must be Tinubu!!!"

Lol. Ojuyobo Tinubu just dey laugh una. Saraki should stop blaming everyone for his problem. Bunch of rogues.

......and they blamed Tinubu?


Tinubu giving his haters nightmare since 1999.

You go fear politics my brother. Do you think the likes of Tinubu will just go mute that way ? They're busy doing destructive assignment to pull down Saraki. Do you know how many states governor that suffered from OBJ for standing against his 3rd time bid ? Saraki made a very big mistake which might kill his entire political career. Even if he decide to go back to PDP, he will never be trusted with anything sensitive cos he has tagged him JUDAS. He allowed Atiku to used him as a tool for his ambition. Let keep our finger across and see the real maradona in the whole saga.

Opinedecandid:
Stories!

Question is, if PDP, Kwara State is completely and singlehandedly responsible for the probe of a former first Lady if their State, why now, 5yrs after she left office?

Koba Koba

Opinedecandid:
Stories!

Question is, if PDP, Kwara State is completely and singlehandedly responsible for the probe of a former first Lady if their State, why now, 5yrs after she left office?

ewu
i'm sure you didnt read it so let me answer your question. the petitioner said they petitioned against her since the beginning of the year but since the GEJ govt was daft on corruption issues, no meaningful action took place hence NOW (that stealing is corruption)
moreover EFCC needs time to study the file before invitation.

No personality will escape justice even if they are members of my party ..... PMB 2015

Make dem catch U

LRNZH:


Lalasticlala come and share this to the world to cool some wailing tempers

eleko1:
Make dem catch U

Those wailers??.....lol

Opinedecandid:
Stories!

Question is, if PDP, Kwara State is completely and singlehandedly responsible for the probe of a former first Lady if their State, why now, 5yrs after she left office?

...EFCC did not take its anti-corruption serious under Jonathan. This is a new era.

Beremx:
......and they blamed Tinubu?


Tinubu giving his haters nightmare since 1999.

...haters should ask Former President Obasanjo....

while some wailing wailers were busy pointing accusing fingers at APC when they are the one behind the probe. Time will tell!!

Good

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chaiii

While some had earlier sworn with their eternity that Tinubu was behind the probe...see una life!

Interesting.

If Waku and some APC senators didn't blame Tinubu at first, other people wouldn't have done the same. The joke is on you

bunch of loosers