Tinubu Denies Using EFCC To Hunt Down Saraki’s Wife

All Progressives Congress national leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu,
has denied claims that he was using the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission to torment Toyin Saraki, the wife of the
Senate president, Bukola Saraki.
According to a statement signed by his media aide, Mr. Tinubu
said he is entirely focused on getting the APC back on track, not
delving into EFCC matters.
The statement read in part: "Tinubu does not run or dictate to
the EFCC," said the statement signed by Sunday Dare, Mr.
Tinubu's aide.
"And like countless others, Tinubu has also (been) investigated
by the EFCC severely in the past. Tinubu has no hand in the
travails of anyone because he is right now very busy working
with others of like mind on how the APC political agenda can set
sail as quickly as possible.'
"That is the urgency of now and not the tantrums of the likes of
Waku."
Joseph Waku, a chieftain of the APC, had previously stated that
Mr. Tinubu conceived a "baseless petition" that led to Mrs Saraki
being invited by the EFCC.
He said, "After days of painstaking enquiries, I discovered that
both Tinubu and Lamorde maintain a mutually beneficial
relationship since the days of Lamorde as the EFCC Director of
Operations and based in Lagos between 2003 and 2007 when
Tinubu was equally the governor of Lagos," Mr. Waku, who
served as senator between 1999 and 2003, said in a statement
issued in Abuja.
"I also discovered from my findings in EFCC that the so-called
petition against Mrs. Saraki was personally given to Lamorde by
Tinubu under the guise that he was submitting the petition on
behalf of the APC leadership to punish Saraki for working
against the party's leadership on the choice of National Assembly
leaders.
"This was followed by a promise to help secure a second term for
Lamorde as EFCC chairman."
In reply to Mr. Waku's loaded comments, Mr. Tinubu described
the former Senator as "an individual with no shred of
reputation and a political pariah in his home state".
"No one should pay former Senator Waku any attention. We
know when he is broke and needs a quick fix," Mr. Tinubu said.
"What he has said is fit for the trash. Waku is Godwin Daboh
resurrected. No one should dignify Waku's tales by moonlight
with any attention or ever take him serious. For any serious
individual with a reputation to protect, Waku is a very poor
hire."