Saraki dissociates self from N310m robbery.

 Senate President, Bukola Saraki has dismissed claims that he was the owner of the N310million said to have been stolen during a robbery operation involving some military and State Security Service (SSS) officials. In a statement on Tuesday by his Special Adviser (Media and Publicity), Yusuph Olaniyonu, Saraki said the stolen money did not belong to him and that he did not know the owner, who is said to be a Bureau De Change operator.

The Senate President said he was in Paris attending the Globe COP 21 Conference for Legislators on Climate Change when he read the report.

The statement read: “We want to say categorically that Saraki is not the owner of the stolen money. He does not know the owner who is said to be a Bureau de change operator. The Police that investigated the robbery incident and the SSS, issued a statement on it, can confirm that there is no link between the Senate President with the ownership of the money”.

“Unfortunately, two of the suspects in the case are said to be part of the men attached to the security team of the Senate President. As anybody could confirm, the SSS selects its officers who are attached to top officials. In most cases, the principal does not select who work in his security team.

“In fact, the first time the Senate President heard about the incident was when the Commissioner of Police, Abuja, requested the Aide-in-Camp to get his permission for the SSS agents to report to his office in connection with an on-going investigation on a robbery incident”.