SAN FRANCISCO, December 01, (THEWILL) – Senate president, Bukola Saraki has dissociated himself from the N60 billion arms deal involving the immediate past National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki.
Saraki in a statement by his special adviser (media and publicity), Yusuph Olaniyonu on Tuesday, said contrary to report published in an online medium, Sahara Reporters, he never had anything to do with purchase of security equipment.
According to him, in his entire political career, he never served in any committee or body that has any link with defence or national security.
The statement said the report was meant to tarnish the reputation of the Senate president with the aim of removing him from office, and therefore promised to sue the medium for tarnishing his name.
The federal lawmaker said he would never engage in any sharp practice or issue, which would warrant him to blackmail any individual or government institution.
Saraki dismissed report by the medium that he once blackmailed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to give him and other senators the sum of N250 million as a way of covering up the arbitrary withdrawal by the NSA from the security fund approved by former President Goodluck Jonathan.
