Senators belonging to
the Like Minds Group has said they found the
decision of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC), to invite the wife of the
Senate President, Mrs Toyin Saraki, in
connection with an unknown investigation very
curious.
The senators in a statement signed on their
behalf by Senator Dino Melaye ( APC ) Kogi
West, stated that they hoped that the invitation
of Mrs Saraki was not politically motivated or
linked with the on-going leadership tussle in the
Senate.
While noting that the decision of the EFCC to
invite Mrs. Saraki created a lot of coincidences
which any discerning mind will not want to
ignore.
They said: “Though, we do not want to make
any hasty conclusion, we are surprised that
about five years after the Sarakis left
Government House, Ilorin, the EFCC suddenly
realized the need to invite the wife. We hope this
is not part of the plot we have heard about
aimed at wrestling the Senate President down
with different tactics.
“We have heard some of our colleagues and
their sponsors boasting about throwing all types
of mud at the leadership of the Senate in the bid
to force it to accept their conditions.
“The EFCC definitely should perform its lawful
duties but we warn that it should not return us
to the dark days when the anti-graft agency
was frequently and flagrantly used as a political
weapon”, Melaye stated.
They added that members of the Like Minds
group will continue to watch closely
developments around the Mrs Saraki invitation
and will later make its position known to
members of the public.
The Like Minds Group senators are the
supporters of the Senate President, Bukola
Saraki within the fold of the 59 Senators of the
All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Senate.
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