A detective of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Michael Wetkas, on Monday revealed that the Senate President Bukola Saraki bought more than one property from a presidential implementation committee on landed property.
Wetkas claimed that Saraki did not declare some of his property at the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB).
“The policy is that one person is not allowed to get more than a property. From the findings in this case, the defendant has three property acquired from the scheme using company and personal details,” he said.
“In Exhibit One, details of landed property in Nigeria, plots 2481 and 2482, cadastral zone, Abuja, were not in the asset declaration form.
“In Exhibit Three, 2007, he declared the property at No 1, Targus street Maitama, Abuja. In Exhibit Five, 2011, No 1 Targus, Musa Yar’ Adua street was also declared.”
Wetkas also claimed that Saraki bought a property at 17 McDonald street, Ikoyi, Lagos for N522m, which he did in seven tranches, but that he failed to declare it at the CCB.
The tribunal admitted 43 documents – account statements, cheques, letters and CCB forms – as evidence against the senate president.
Also, during Monday’s proceedings, Danladi Umar, chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), promised to do justice to the trial.
Umar made this declaration when Paul Usoro (SAN), counsel to Saraki, asked the tribunal to look into its decision to suspend the transmission of the records of the tribunal’s daily proceedings to the defence counsel.
He explained that the registry was being over-burdened with the task of making available records of the tribunal’s daily proceedings to Saraki’s lawyers.
The CCT chairman said that he had been fair in the trial, and that he was committed to treating the parties to the case equally.
“We will do justice to this matter. Justice will be delivered, I can assure you,” Umar said.
