Police To Saraki: You Must Honour Our Invitation Or Be Forced To

The Police have denied claims of an alleged invasion on the home of Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, in the early hours of Tuesday.

Recall that security operatives had stormed the senate president’s home following an earlier invitation by the police for “further investigation on his indictment from confessional statements from some of the five gang leaders arrested for their active participation in the Offa bank robbery”.

A statement by Saraki’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Yusuph Olaniyonu had read, “The police have obviously corrupted and politicised their investigations into the Offa robbery incident.

“They have turned it into an instrument for the party in power to suppress perceived opponents, witch-hunt issue for blackmailing people from freely choosing which platform on which they want to pursue their ambition, and a matter for harassing the people whose exit from APC would harm the chances of the party in the forthcoming elections.”

The police, however, in a statement by Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood denied deploying personnel to the resident of the Senate President.

The Force further stated that Saraki must honour their invitation for questioning about the Offa bank robbery or be forced to do so.

The statement read, “If the Senate President refuses to honor the invitation, police would not hesitate to use all the instruments of the law to ensure compliance with the law.

“The Nigeria Police Force’s attention was also drawn to the innuendos in the early hours of today that some Police men were seen surrounding the residence of the Senate President; the Force wishes to categorically state that there was no authorised deployment of Police personnel to besiege the residence of the Senate President or his deputy as reported in the media.

“The police personnel seen in pictures in the media were those in the convoy of the Senate President and others attached to him.”