A detective with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Michael Wetkas on Monday revealed how Senate President Bukola Saraki lied on how he purchased a property in Ikoyi, Lagos.

Wetkas made the disclosure at the resumed hearing of Saraki’s trial at the Code of Conduct Trial (CCT), while being cross-examined by Saraki’s lawyer, Paul Usoro.

Wetkas said, “You (Saraki) falsely declared a property at 17 A and B Ikoyi, Lagos, which you said you bought from the proceeds of rice and sugar whereas it was a loan from Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB).”

According to Wetkas, Saraki who is facing a 16-count charge on false declaration of asset purchased the property in 2006 from a loan of N400m from GTB.

The detective alleged that Saraki did not declare it in 2011 at the end of his second term as governor of Kwara state.

However, Wetkas admitted that Saraki declared the property in 2007 at the end of his first term as governor.