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Blackmail won’t blur my vision – Saraki

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Senate President Bukola Saraki has vowed to remain focused and ensure that the Senate under his watch enacts laws that will impact positively on the lives of Nigerians despite efforts by his detractors to frustrate him.

Saraki, who said he is only accountable to Nigerians, was apparently reacting to allegations that he used Credit Card to launder funds stolen from banks and Kwara State.

He wrote on Twitter: “I’m aware of activities of certain online platforms being sponsored by mischief makers to post all sorts of negative lies against me.

“The lies will not change my focus to deliver on my mandate, which is to ensure legislation that will directly impact the lives of Nigerians. No matter the pressure, no special interest group can blackmail the 8th Senate to do their bidding. I am accountable only to Nigerians.”

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A report, said to have been authored by a team of detectives at the Special Fraud Unit of the Nigerian Police headed by a Commissioner of Police, had alleged that Saraki, during his tenure as governor of Kwara State, was the prime promoter of several shell companies, including Skyview Properties Ltd, Limkers Ltd, Dicetrade Ltd, Carlisle Properties and Investment Ltd and Joy Petroleum.

It added that the Senate President’s moneymaking scheme, was to withdraw millions of naira disguised as loans from banks and then move them into different accounts, sometimes under the guise that the purpose was to pay off some bank debts.

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