Senate President Bukola Saraki, says Nigerians
deserve to know the owner of the $50 million found in an apartment in Ikoyi by
EFCC operatives on April 12th.
In an interview with Arise TV on Tuesday, Saraki
faulted the antigraft agency for not revealing the identity of the owner of the
money after 7 days of discovery. He described the current situation as a circus
which must stop.
“I believe this is
something simple that the organisation (EFCC) should manage even before the
speculation started coming out. The circus has to come to end as to whether it
belongs to individuals, companies, agencies or a state government. We however
believe they will sort it out and eventually tell Nigerians who owns the money.
Nigerians deserve to know. The circus must stop. I believe progress will be
made faster if the process is transparent. Those are ways to strengthen
institutions. When the process is transparent up to the investigative stage,
people will not believe that it is because of this person that so, so, person
is being prosecuted. Corrupt people are very patient, but with a transparent
process, the fight against corruption will be won. On our part, we are doing
all it takes to strengthen institutions. We have four bills before us, one is
with the constitution amendment committee, and one has been taken back by the
executive.”
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