Senate President Bukola Saraki, says Nigerians deserve to know the owner
of the $50 million found in an apartment in Ikoyi by EFCC operatives on
April 12th. In an interview with Arise TV on Tuesday, Saraki faulted
the antigraft agency for not revealing the identity of the owner of the
money after 7 days of discovery. He described the current situation as a
circus which must stop.
“I believe this is something simple that the organisation (EFCC) should
manage even before the speculation started coming out. The circus has to
come to end as to whether it belongs to individuals, companies,
agencies or a state government. We however believe they will sort it out
and eventually tell Nigerians who owns the money. Nigerians deserve to
know. The circus must stop. I believe progress will be made faster if
the process is transparent. Those are ways to strengthen institutions.
When the process is transparent up to the investigative stage, people
will not believe that it is because of this person that so, so, person
is being prosecuted. Corrupt people are very patient, but with a
transparent process, the fight against corruption will be won. On our
part, we are doing all it takes to strengthen institutions. We have four
bills before us, one is with the constitution amendment committee, and
one has been taken back by the executive.”
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