The
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Sunday said burglars stormed his
country home in Ilorin, Kwara State, and carted away N12 million 2 weeks
ago at an administrative quarters in the house.
SaharaReporters’ Story Full of Falsehood and Exaggeration
The report yesterday by SaharaReporters about a burglary in the
Ilorin home of Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki contained
series of falsehood and at best an exaggeration of an incident which
happened two weeks ago in which N12 million was stolen by some unknown
persons inside the Administrative Office located next door to the house.
In a statement, Yusuph Olaniyonu, Special Adviser to the Senate
President on Media and Publicity stated that the unknown persons broke
into the safe in the Administrative Office and stole the N12 million.
The incident had since been reported to the police and the Kwara
State Police command are investigating the matter with a view to nail
the culprits.
“There is therefore no truth in the claim by SaharaReporters
that the money ran into hundreds of millions, that it was in foreign
currency or that the incident happened in Dr. Saraki’s room. The amount
was simply in Naira. Also, the money has nothing to do with Kwara State
Government.
“For the umpteenth time, we need to reiterate the fact that
SaharaReporters’ fixation that any money spent by Saraki or that is in
his possession is from Kwara State Government is unfounded, unwarranted,
lacks any basis and irresponsible. We wonder whether Saraki was such a
poor man before 2003 when he was elected Governor that he could no
longer own any money without SaharaReporters attributing the source to
the State Government.
“In its usual unethical and disgraceful haste to assassinate
the Character of the Senate President, SaharaReporters ignored the
simple professional practice for it to contact the Police to find out
the facts of the incident. It merely created its own usually fictional
story and published it.
This is an online publication that cares not about its
credibility or the journalism credo that facts are sacred and opinion is
free.
“We call on all members of the public to ignore all the claims
in the story. Dr. Saraki will allow the police to do their work and
unravel the person or persons behind this theft in the Administrative
Office”, he stated.
Signed,
Yusuph Olaniyonu
Special Adviser (Media and Pubicity) to the Senate PresidenWhen News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)
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