Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has appreciated the Federal high court as it ordered for the immediate release of his home which he forfeited to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission [EFCC] on levels that he Acquired the house on stolen funds.
Saraki in the statement said that he welcomed the judgement of the court as the last five years has been challenging for him and his family as he embodied false allegations and malicious litigation hammered against him by the EFCC under the leadership of Ibrahim Magu.
Saraki who rejected Magu’s nomination twice in his time as the senate president, based on a security report by the Department of State Services (DSS), said Ibrahim Magu Probed him because he rejected his appointment as acting chairman of the commission.
He said his led administration only followed the normal procedure in the confirmation process of the Fomer EFCC boss and never had any personal agenda against him.
The statement Reads:
“Today, as always, I thank Almighty Allah as I welcome the judgement of the Federal High Court, Lagos, by the Honorable Justice Rilwan M. Aikawa in which the court dismissed in its totality the application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for a forfeiture order on my home in Ilorin, Kwara state.
“I am particularly happy that the court specifically ruled that there was no evidence that the property was built with any illicit or stolen funds from the Kwara state government or any other institution or quarter, whatsoever.
“The last five years have been very challenging for me and my family. I have endured and defeated one false allegation and malicious litigation after another, in an ill-motivated persecution, intimidation and harassment, through which some vested interests sought to damage my name and label me with charges of corruption but with the grace of Allah, I have always been victorious.
“I thank God for the outcome of this case which is the fifth victory in cases in which the EFCC was either the main investigating agency or the plaintiff.
“It is obvious that the EFCC leadership under its erstwhile acting chair, Mr. Ibrahim Mustapha Magu decided to take the issue of his non-confirmation by the 8th Senate which I led, personally.
“However, I know that the Senate under my leadership only followed the due and normal procedure during the confirmation process, and we never executed any personal agenda against Magu. The records of the Senate during the period are there for the perusal of all Nigerians interested in the truth.”
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