Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, of ownership of N310
million alleged to have been stolen from his house.
“The story making the rounds that the N310 million
belonging to the Senate President was stolen in 2015 is
a malicious falsehood. From our investigation, the
money in question did not belong to the senate
President or any member of the National Assembly for
that matter,” a top official of the premier security
agency who declined being named said yesterday.
This will be the second time the security agency would be
clearing Saraki of owning the money reportedly stolen by
operatives of the service now standing trial.
The DSS, in December 2015, had said it arrested one of its
personnel Abdulrasheed Maigari, alongside others, for
allegedly robbing a bureau de change operator in Abuja of
N310 million.
The stolen money was reported to be allegedly belonging to
Senator Saraki – an allegation he denied.
However, Vanguard newspaper said that the DSS stated in
clear terms that the cash did not belong to Saraki or any
member of the National Assembly.
Rather, the DSS accused its dismissed staff, Maigari, who
is now standing trial for armed robbery, of trying to
fabricate a lie for a hidden motive.
Maigari, a former DSS operative, had said that he and
others connived to steal the huge cash from the Senate
President’s home when they were working as security
operatives in his house.
The source in the DSS said Maigari’s recent claim “is
nothing but a made up story to achieve a hidden
motive. The fact that Maigari, who is currently standing
trial for an armed robbery case, could make up such a
false claim is a further indication of how criminally
minded he is.”
“It was for his (Maigari) criminal behaviour that we
dismissed him from the service in 2015 and
subsequently charged him to court.”
“Any attempt to link the Senate President or any
member of the National Assembly with the stolen N310
million will be sheer blackmail and an outright mis
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