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Saraki denies plot against Lamorde
In from Olumide Olaoluwa …
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has described a publication that he is behind a smear campaign to discredit the EFCC boss as totally false and unfounded.
A statement by his Special Assistant, Mr. Bamikole Omisore entitled ‘I have no plot against EFCC’ said that the publication is part of calculated attempt to damage the image of the Senate President.
The statement reads: “The attention of the media office of the President of the Senate, Sen. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has been drawn to a publication alleging that the Senate President hired one Uboh to smear the integrity of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC.
“The Senate President has no relationship whatsoever with Mr. Uboh in any capacity or in the course of his emergence as Senate President.
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“If anybody has any proof of a relationship between Senator Saraki and the said Mr. Uboh, let him or her say it now.
“Our Investigation showed that Uboh’s petition has been in public domain since 2013 and that the details have been reported in national newspapers as well as cited in court proceedings.
“The Senate President could not have said to have hired any one to write a petition for him as he has no issue to sort out with any individual, group of people or an organisation.
“Therefore, any insinuation that Senator Saraki is attempting to prevent EFCC from carrying out its constitutional responsibility is a hoax and an imagination of the writer”, he said.
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