Admin l Monday, April 03, 2017
ABUJA, Nigeria – The Department of State Service, DSS has cleared President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki of culpability in the N310 million allegedly stolen from his Maitama home, Abuja.
In a statement, The DSS said the alleged cash does not belong to Saraki or any member of the National Assembly.
A dismissed DSS staff, standing trial for armed robbery, Abdulrasheed Maigari had said that he and others stole N310 million from tje Maitama home of the Senate President during an operation in the house. But in a statement, the DSS said Abdulrasheed Maigari’s statement was nothing but a fabricated a lie for ulterior motive.
“The story making the rounds that the N310 million belonging to the Senate President was stolen in 2015 is a malicious falsehood. From our investigation, the money in question did not belong to the senate President or any member of the National Assembly for that matter”, the DSS said.
It added that investigation conducted by the DSS and the confessional statement made by Abdulrasheed Maigari, a suspect in the case, did not support this claim at all.
“Maigari’s recent claim in the media is nothing but a made up story to achieve a hidden motive. The fact that Maigari, who is currently standing trial for an armed robbery case, could make up such a false claim is a further indication of how criminally minded he is”, the DSS added.
Saraki had earlier distanced himself from the said money, claiming that the money was not stolen from his house but from a bureau de change.
The Senate President in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Sani Onogu, said he did not have military personnel among his security details, describing the story as an ”April fool stuff.”
