CCT TRIAL: SARAKI DENIES SECRET COMMUNICATION WITH JUDGE

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has denied reports that he has been exchanging calls with two senior officials of the Ministry of Justice in an attempt to alter some document that could help him escape indictment at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT.

Saraki’s denial was contained in a petition dated March 17, 2016 to the Department of State Security, DSS, over a publication by an online news medium, regarding the secret phone calls.
The Senate President is facing trial over his alleged false asset declaration while he was the Kwara State Governor.

A report recently surfaced alleging that Saraki exchanged phone calls with two senior officials of the Federal Ministry of Justice, one Mr. Taiwo Abijogun who is the Solicitor General of the Federation and one Mr. Diri who is to be the Director of Public Prosecution.
Saraki in the petition he personally signed described the report as “another false, unsubstantiated and unwarranted report published against his person.

Expressing worries over the report, saraki said, “What this publication is insinuating is that I am involved in illegal activities aimed at prejudicing a judicial matter while also corrupting and inducing officials.”
The Senate President also expressed concern over the fact that he has been exposed to unquantifiable security threats as the report quoted two of his personal numbers.

“I have been subjected to unwarranted and nuisance calls. This breach of constitutional right by the medium if allowed, will lead to threats to security and safety of private persons and public officers alike.
“I want to state categorically that I do not know the ministry of Justice officials mentioned in the story. I have never seen them before and neither have I ever exchanged phone calls or any form of communication with either of the two persons mentioned in the story,” Saraki lamented