SARAKI TALKS TOUGH: I Won’t Resign
Saraki is blaming some politicians for the increasing calls for his resignation over his recent scandals.
A text message sent to PT by Saraki’s Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Yusuph Olaniyonu, said he would not yield to the growing pressure for him to vacate the juicy office.
“There’s a case in the Tribunal and a resultant appeal at the Court of Appeal. The underlining philosophy of our legal system is that an accused person is presumed innocent until found guilty.
“Those who are contemplating calls for resignation want to circumvent the judicial system. They are obviously being sponsored by some politicians. The Senate President is not contemplating any resignation. He will surely have his day in court,” the statement stressed.
It would be recalled that fresh documents had revealed that Saraki’s wife, Toyin, is a business front for her husband contrary to claims by the Senate President that the assets allegedly linked to him by the Panama Papers belonged to his wife’s family.
According to PT, new documents it got from the database of the Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, showed that assets in Toyin’s name in tax havens were held in trust for her husband.
It was alleged that about four assets belonging to the Saraki family, which include Girol Properties Ltd., Sandon Development Limited, and Landfield International Developments Ltd., were tucked away in secret offshore territories.
For instance, the report stated that Girol Properties was registered on behalf of Toyin by Fonsecca on August 25, 2004, in the British Virgin Island, a year after her husband became Governor of Kwara State.
The assets were allegedly not part of the ones declared by the Senate President or Toyin when Saraki became governor and after he was sworn in as the senate president under controversial circumstances.
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