Police cancel summon to Saraki; demand written explanation

Senate President Bukola Saraki
would no longer need to appear
before the police for questioning,
the top lawmaker said on
Monday.
In a post on Twitter, Mr Saraki
said he now has a formal
communication from the police,
but it was not for him to appear
but rather to answer questions
bordering on the robbery in Offa,
Kwara State, in April.
“Following my earlier tweet, I
have received the letter from
@ PoliceNG. They are no longer
asking me to appear at any
station, but to respond in writing
to the allegations within 48 hours
— which I plan to do,” Mr Saraki
said.
The announcement comes
minutes after Vice President Yemi
Osinbajo met behind closed-doors
with Police chief, Ibrahim Idris, as
well as the head of State Security
Service, Lawal Daura, at the State
House.
It also comes about four hours
after Mr Saraki announced he was
yet to get a police invite.
PREMIUM TIMES reported how
the senate president said he
dispatched his security detail to
the Force Headquarters in Abuja
to ask the police for an invite
when none came.
The police say some of the
suspects in the Offa robbery
confessed to being sponsored by
Mr Saraki.
Details shortly…