The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) says it has been investigating the activities of Senate
President Bukola Saraki long before his appointment as the ambassador of the
International Human Rights Commission (IHRC).
The EFCC was reacting to a report
that that it initiated the investigation against Saraki as a result of his
appointment as the ambassador of IHRC.
But Tony Orilade, EFCC spokesman,
described the report as misleading, asking the public to disregard the “false
connection” which the report sought to establish between Saraki’s ambassadorial
appointment and the probe into his earnings when he was a state governor.
The anti-graft agency said it
would not be distracted from its efforts to rid the country of corruption.
“The attention of the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to a publication and
wishes to correct the deliberate falsehood and misinformation it served the
general public,” Orilade said a statement.
“With this, the writer strived to
create a misleading nexus between the Senate President’s IHRC ambassadorial
appointment and EFCC’s inquiries into his financial earnings as Kwara State
governor.
“For the avoidance of doubt,
investigation into the Senate President’s activities while he held sway as the
governor of Kwara State started long before his nomination and emergence as
IHRC ambassador.
“In fact, the Commission’s letter
to the Kwara State Government House which sought an inquest into Saraki’s
earnings as the state governor, from from 2003 to 2011 was dated Friday, April
26, 2019, predating his announcement as IHRC ambassador at large which came on
Sunday, April 28, 2019 with two clear days.
“We, therefore, urge members of
the public to disregard the false connect the writer sought to establish
between Saraki’s IHRC ambassadorial appointment and our inquiries into his
earnings as a state governor.
“We wish to restate our resolve
to resist distractions from any quarter in our efforts to rid the country of
corruption and corrupt elements.”
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