The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has stated that the invitation to him by the Police to report to a station in Guzape, Abuja over the Offa, Kwara State robbery investigation is a mere afterthought, which is designed to achieve political purpose.
Saraki in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, stated that he has it on good authority that the Police had already decided on the suspects to arraign in court in Ilorin, Kwara State on Wednesday based on the advice of the Director of Public Prosecution, U.E. Mohammed, and that the turn around to invite him was a ploy aimed at scoring cheap political points.
The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, had in a letter he personally signed on Monday asked Saraki to report to the Intelligence Response Unit on Tuesday in relation to the Offa robbery incidence in which no fewer than 33 persons, including nine policemen, were killed.
The IRT is headed by Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari.
Saraki said in his statement late on Monday: “I have been reliably informed that the police invitation was planned by IG as a ploy to stop an alleged plan by some Senators and House of Representatives members from defecting from the All Progressives Congress (APC). It was also said that if I was detained between Tuesday and Wednesday, that will abort the so-called defection plan.
“While I continue to maintain that the issue of my position on the 2019 elections is not a personal decision for me alone to make, it should be noted that all these concoctions and evil plot cannot deter me. Those behind this fresh assault will fail as I have nothing to do with the robbery incident or any criminal matter for that matter.
