‘Was I so poor before becoming governor?’ | Saraki tackles Sahara Reporters

Online news portal, Sahara Reporters, earlier on Sunday, reported that N300 million was stolen from the bedroom of Senate President Bukola Saraki and that his accountant and aide were arrested by the Nigerian Police.

Sahara Reporters had tweeted:

However, Senate President Bukola Saraki has denied the allegation, saying that only N12 million was stolen from an administrative office located next door.

He tweeted:

But the news site refused to back down as it further tweeted that:

However, Saraki, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, said,“There is therefore no truth in  the claim by SaharaReporters that the money ran into hundreds of millions, that it was in foreign currency or that the incident happened in Dr. Saraki’s room. The amount was simply in Naira.”

“Also, the money has nothing to do with Kwara State Government.”

“For the umpteenth time, we need to reiterate the fact that SaharaReporters’ fixation that any money spent by Saraki or that is in his possession is from Kwara State Government is unfounded, unwarranted, lacks any basis and irresponsible.”

“We wonder whether Saraki was such a poor man before 2003 when he was elected Governor that he could no longer own any money without SaharaReporters attributing the source to the State Government.”

“In its usual unethical and disgraceful haste to assassinate the character of the Senate President, SaharaReporters ignored the simple professional practice for it to contact the Police to find out the facts of the incident.”

“It merely created its own usually fictional story and published it. This is an online publication that cares not about its credibility or the journalism credo that facts are sacred and opinion is free.”

“We call on all members of the public to ignore all the claims in the story. Dr. Saraki will allow the police to do their work and unravel the person or persons behind this theft in the Administrative Office”

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