“Politically Motivated” Kwara APC Condemns Invitation Of Mrs Saraki By The EFCC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State yesterday criticised the invitation of the wife of the Senate President, Mrs. Toyin Saraki by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for interrogation describing it as ill-timed and politically motivated.

The State chairman of APC, Hon. Ishola Balogun-Fulani said this at a press conference in Ilorin.

Balogun Fulani who cautioned the EFCC against allowing itself to be used by political gladiators to achieve selfish ends stressed that “Kwara women might take to the streets in solidarity with their ‘mother.’

His words, “We as a party received the news of the invitation of the wife of the Senate President, Mrs. Toyin Saraki as a shock. After five years of leaving office as the governor of Kwara state, it is now that the EFCC thought it necessary to invite wife of Senate President Bukola Saraki for questioning. Kwara APC thought the invitation is politically motivated.

“Everybody is aware that the emergence of her husband as the Senate President did not go down well with some people. Her invitation is a way to throw mud on the person of the Senate President and the Senate in general.

“It is also a political way of discrediting the person of Mrs. Saraki and her husband. Though, we in the state will not say the anti-graft agency should not do its lawful duties, but it should be mindful of how it does its duties. I urge the EFCC not to politicize the invitation of Mrs. Saraki.’’