Bukola Saraki Detained By Police In Force Headquarters

After several days of playing hide and seek backed with a mischievous media campaign, the former governor of Kwara State, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Monday afternoon surrendered to the Nigeria Police Force at its headquarters in Abuja.

Reliable sources at the Force Headquarters confirmed that Saraki arrived their office hours after several buses load of his supporters arrived Abuja in solidarity. He is said to have been detained and undergoing interrogation.

The police said that as governor, Saraki obtained a N9.7 billion loan from the defunct Intercontinental Bank Plc through a proxy company, Joy Petroleum, owned by his late aide, Matthew Obahor. But the senator had claimed he had no link to the said loan and that he had no relationship with the company, Joy Petroleum.

How long they would keep him remain to be seen. But the Force spokesman said he will have to be with them until his interrogators are satisfied...

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Police declare former kwara state Gov Saraki wanted

Special Fraud Unit of the police, SFU, yesterday, declared former Kwara State governor, Senator Bukola Saraki, wanted following the refusal of a court to grant his request for restraining order. Also wanted by the SFU is his wife, Toyin, over alleged N4 billion loan fraud. She allegedly collected the loan from Access Bank through her firm, DALTRADE. 

 The SFU has a warrant for Saraki arrest from a High Court in Lagos because the alleged offence of N21 billion loan fraud against him was committed in Lagos. Commissioner of police Tunde Ogunshakin of the SFU confirmed the story. Meanwhile, Saraki, last nite, said he was ready to appear before the police to answer the allegations against Saraki’s lawyer, Lawal Rabana, SAN, said that since the police were hell bent in declaring Saraki wanted, he would, on his own, appear before them.

 According to him, Saraki had gone to court hoping that the police would respect the court having submitted to the jurisdiction. ”Now that the police have made it clear that they do not have respect for the judiciary, Dr. Saraki will appear before the court,” he said. Rabana said that Saraki was not on the run and had no cause to run as a distinguished person. He however did not specify the day Saraki will appear before the police.

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