Senate President Bukola Saraki says he has responded to the request by the Nigerian Police urging him to explain his involvement with the Offa Robbery Suspects.
Although The DEFENDER’s effort to get Loui’s Edet House confirm his claim has yielded not positive results probably because the Force Public Relations Officer Mr. Jimoh Moshood may be busy, Saraki, who disclosed this on his twitter handle @BukolaSaraki on Friday, said that he had written to the Police as requested.
Saraki on the twitter handle “Bukola Saraki @bukolasaraki” said:
“In line with their request, earlier today, the Police received my response to their letter on the investigation into the Offa robbery case.”
The Police had announced on Sunday during a press briefing that the nation’s number three citizen would be invited to explain his links to the suspects.
According to the Police, five of the bandits arrested and who have made confessions during interrogations indicted the President of the Senate.
The spokesperson of the Police, Mr. Jimoh Moshood who briefed the press on Sunday, said: “The Senate President, Sen. Bukola Saraki is being invited by the Nigeria Police Force to report to the Force Intelligence Response Team office at Guzape, Abuja to answer to the allegations leveled against him from the confessions of the Five (5) Gang Leaders, namely; Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibukunle Ogunleye, Adeola Abraham, Salawudeen Azeez, Niyi Ogundiran and some of the other Seventeen (17) suspects arrested for direct involvement and active participation in the Offa Bank Robbery and the gruesome killing of 33 innocent persons which include some pregnant women and nine Police personnel”, Moshood, an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), said.
However, in a dramatic turn of events, and after Saraki had denied any links with the bandits and announced his willingness to answer the call, the Police then wrote the Senator asking him to respond in writing instead, which many described fairly a show of respect for the office occupied by Saraki, who they said has persistently failed to so respect the office of the President, Muhammadu Buhari, on whose delegated authorities the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris the same Saraki and his colleague senators have baselessly disrespected and blackmailed.
What the five gang leaders confessed to the Police:
* Ayoade Akinnibosun a.k.a AY ‘M’ 37Yrs – Gang Leader From Oro, Irepodun LGA, Kwara State; confessed to have coordinated the Bank Robbery and the killing of Thirty Three (33) innocent persons during the bank robbery.
* Ibikunle Ogunleye ‘M’ 36Yrs – Gang Leader from Oro, Irepodun LGA, Kwara State; confessed to have killed Two (2) Persons during the bank robbery.
*Adeola Abraham ‘M’ 35Yrs – Gang Leader from Oro, Irepodun LGA, Kwara State; confessed to have killed Five (5) Persons during the bank robbery.
*Salawudeen Azeez ‘M’ 49Yrs – Gang Leader from Oro, Irepodun LGA, Kwara State; confessed to have killed Two (2) Persons during the bank robbery.
*Niyi Ogundiran ‘M’ 37Yrs – Gang Leader from Oro, Irepodun LGA, Kwara State; confessed to have killed Two (2) Persons during the bank robbery.
The other 17 suspects volunteered confessional statements admitting their active participation in the robbery.
