₦airaland Forum

4nobody4every1:

Goke7:
Gone are the days, when a thread on saraki is open, all my precious brothers from that side will invade the thread and say saraki is going to nowhere or saraki for President or even things like saraki the tinubu slayer.

Where dem dey? Some have even disguised to form anti corruption analysts.

Odiegwu

Kimoni:
But why? After all this stealing, what happens to them? Do they take any of it to the grave?
You steal money meant for the masses and you are able to sleep at night watching them suffer
I'll never understand the minds of political thieves...

Ratello:
At last Saraki is inching close to Golgotha.....what a big shame for a shameless man

edo3:
Initially,,I never supported this man called saraki becos he was over- ambitious,,but as things are going now,,am begining to feel that d yorubas should rally round him..wether they like it or not saraki remain a yoruba man..that slot should not slip off our hands. Am proudly yoruba..

dearpreye:
Sure I'm following the developing story and so far it has already claimed its first victim in Iceland.

I'm keenly following to see how many Nigerian criminals will be involved in this mega mess. Our people and their primitive desires for wealth are shocking.

I'm not against anyone acquiring stupendous wealth in as much as the source is genuine and their wealth is bringing happiness to the faces of thousands of others.

worldwide. Won't hold my breath..

Standing5:
Saraki should start praying he doesn't end up witg gay cellmates. His prayer warrior should take note . . .

Lawyers to Toyin Saraki, the wife of the embattled Nigerian Senate president, Bukola Saraki, have said the controversial hidden assets the politician failed to disclose, tucked away in secret offshore tax havens, belong solely to Mrs. Saraki, and not her family estate.

A trove of internal data from the Panama-based offshore-provider, Mossack Fonseca, obtained by the German newspaper, Süddeutsche Zeitung and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) with PREMIUM TIMES and over 100 other media partners in 82 countries, revealed that the properties were part of the assets belonging to the Senate President’s immediate family.

A PREMIUM TIMES investigation on Monday exposed Mr. Saraki as having failed to declare the assets among those filed with the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), as required by Nigerian laws.

However, Mr. Saraki, through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, claimed in a statement Monday night that he fully complied with the provisions of the law.

He said the assets he failed to disclose belonged to the estate of his wife’s family.“It is public knowledge that Mrs. Saraki comes from a family of independent means and wealth with numerous and varied assets acquired over decades in family estates and investments,” Mr. Olaniyonu said.

But the claims by Mr. Saraki contradicted those by his wife’s lawyers who said the assets in question belonged to no one else but Mrs. Saraki alone.


The London-based law firm of Harbottle & Lewis, who are lawyers to Mrs. Saraki, in clarifying the legal position of the controversial assets, said its client solely own them.

“Our client is the sole shareholder in Sandon Development Limited. There are not and have never been any other shareholders in Sandon Developments Limited,” Harbottle & Lewis stated in a response to enquiries by the ICIJ in a letter dated March 19, 2016.

Similarly, the law firm also confirmed that Mrs. Saraki was the “sole shareholder of Landfield International Developments Limited from incorporation until January 2015,” when she sold her shares to a third party.

Also in one document seen by PREMIUM TIMES, Mrs. Saraki insisted she was the sole director of Girol Properties Limited.

dearpreye:
Isn't it rather primitive that a leader will so much betray public trust without the smallest iota of shame.

Let Saraki resign and squarely face his trial.

Very primitive.

bluecircle470:
Saraki should follow the part of honour

Firefire:
Please when will looter Saraki resign

Nicur:
HAHAHHAHAHAHA CHAI!! did you even read the link you provided?

theshadyexpress:
you still aint wise, can you also google the supreme court ruling as regards this isuue? pls stop exposing your lame intellect,youre to old for all that
can you also tell me which APC state saved money during this period or somebody forced them to spend it

theshadyexpress:
they were not in charge but the money in the federation account cannot be saved without the express permission of the 36 state govs and 774lga's cos [the federal govt has no constitutional right to with-hold state and lga funds.

its obvious a dead clock is wiser than APC followers cos it still manages to be correct twice a day, but once APC supporters go dumb theyre dumb forever

WOruGunu:
hmmmmm lord defend us from d hand of evil men

angels09:
is that your best am scarrrrrrreeeed...

NgeneUkwenu:
Saraki says he bought his 17a, 17b McDonald, Ikoyi house using proceeds from sales of rice and sugar but they were traced to the GTBank acct[/b]

TonyeBarcanista:
Mo well done.... Sarathief should jejely stroll into Kuje prison without being told

EFCC Detective: Personal Assistant To Saraki Deposited N600,00 to N900,000 Into His Account 50 Times In One day

Michael Wetkas, a detective with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, narrated how Senate President Bukola Saraki allegedly used fictitious names to launder billions of naira.

Testifying against the senate president at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), the EFCC detective also claimed that Saraki’s personal account at GTB had an inflow of about N4 billion between 2005 and 2013.

“When the defendant was governor of Kwara state between 2003 and 2011. The commission received several petitions from various groups. One of the petitioners was Kwara Freedom Network. They brought several petitions all bordering on abuse of office by the defendant, misappropriation of public fund and money laundering.

“Sometime in 2014 the then executive chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde received intelligence reports of suspicious transactions involving the defendant. He set up a team of investigators. Our task was to investigate the intelligence reports.

“The investigation report was reviewed by my team. In the course of our investigation, we discovered that there were several companies which were linked to the defendant. Some of them include Carlisle Properties Investment Ltd, Skyview Properties Ltd, LimKvars Ltd, and TIly-lie Ltd.

Some of the companies maintain accounts at Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB), Zenith Bank, Access Bank, and other banks.

“From the investigation, it was discovered that the defendant maintained three accounts at GTB.

The first account is a naira currency account; the second is a US dollar account, and the third is a pound sterling account.

“The naira account was analyzed, and it was discovered that between 2005 and 2013, the account had an in-flow of about N4 billion. The major source of in-flow into the accounts was loans taken from GTB within the period. The loans were about N2.5 billion, and the other source of in-flows into the account was massive lodgments by individuals. Other in flows into the account were from the companies.

“It was discovered that money was used for the purchase of property. The dollar account was also analyzed. The major source of in-flow into the dollar account was Tily-lie Properties Ltd, which was about $2m. Another source was from Bureau de Change companies.

And the rest was cash lodgments by individuals. The cash in the dollar account between 2009 and 2013 was $6m. We discovered that up to $3.4m was wired to American Express Services Europe Limited, which was used to fund the defendant’s American Express Service New York card account number 374588216836009.

“The defendant wired over 1.5m pound sterling to Fortis Bank for the purchase of property in the UK.

“After that, because of the suspicious in-flows into the account, the bank (GTB) officials were invited. The reason for the invitation of the officials was that some of the individuals who were making the cash lodgment into the account were bank officials. One Oluwa Tujimu reported to the commission. From our of interactions with him, we discovered that some of the lodgments were made through a superior at the bank, Bayo Daudu, who was the relationship manager of the account. In our interaction with Daudu, it was discovered the cash sums were handed over to him by the defendant for lodgment in the account.

According to Daudu, he goes to Kwara state government house to collect the money from the defendant for lodgment into the account at the GRA Ilorin branch of GTB.

“We discovered one name, Abdul Adama, who made transaction 50 times into the account in a single day. The sum was broken down to N600, 000 and N900,000, and was lodged in the same day.

Subsequently, after that one Ubi made a lodgment on the same day about 20 times in the same range of N600, 000 and N900, 000. We looked for Adama and invited him. He reported that the cash sums were handed over to him by the defendant and stated further that the cash sums that were lodge in by Ubi into the same account were from the accused.

“Adama and Ubi were personal assistants to the accused while he was governor.

Further investigations revealed that other individuals who made lodgments into the account were fictitious.

“GTB said they had done the needful by reporting the suspicious transactions to FIU.”

FOLYKAZE:
Urgggh?

So Agabi was hiding thinking he can thwart justice?

The dude is a scammer.

ijebu2020:
To b frank can I ask Op and the rest calling for Sarakis head that of what particular benefit is Sarakis case win or fail to Naijas problems?
Now I if Saraki had abide by the Apcs party directive on senate president seat do u guys think Saraki case wld have come up? capital no..so I c it as a mere persecution and not a serious war against corruption..lts be serious with ourselves for once.

snake does not ESCAPE!

NgeneUkwenu:
They had their game plan "perfected and rehearsed" ahead of today but they met their match in Rotimi Jacob who also prepared for their antics...

As I am Typing this...the First prosecution witness has opened his testimony..

NgeneUkwenu:
Judgment has already been passed. And the first prosecution witness sitting pretty inside the Box...

Any other oral application by any lawyer today is an exercise in futility..

NgeneUkwenu:
Saraki is already an arsenal fan...I mean he is a gunner

Firefire:
Corruption and fraud worldwide.

Any Nigerian found culpable should be sentenced to death by hanging, including Bukola Saraki.

Cc: Zimoni