Senators told lamorde that sarki's wife alleged crime was politically motivated

Senators who are members of the Group
called 'Like Minds' have today (Thursday)
said they found the decision of the anti-
graft agency, Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC), to invite the
wife of the Senate President, Mrs Toyin
Saraki, in connection with an unknown
investigation very curious.

The senators in a statement signed on
their behalf by Senator Dino Melaye
stated that they hoped that the invitation
of Mrs Saraki was not politically
motivated or linked with the on-going
leadership tussle in the Senate. While
noting that the decision of the EFCC to
invite Mrs.Saraki created a lot of
coincidences which any discerning mind
will not want to ignore.
" Though, we do not want to make any
hasty conclusion, we are surprised that
about five years after the Sarakis left
Government House, Ilorin, the EFCC
suddenly realized the need to invite the
wife. We hope this is not part of the plot
we have heard about aimed at wrestling
the Senate President down with different
tactics.
"We have heard some of our colleagues
and their sponsors boasting about
throwing all types of mud at the
leadership of the Senate in the bid to
force it to accept their conditions. The
EFCC definitely should perform its lawful
duties but we warn that it should not
return us to the dark days when the anti-
graft agency was frequently and
flagrantly used as a political weapon",
Melaye stated.
He added that members of the Like
Minds group will continue to watch
closely developments around the Mrs
Saraki invitation and will later make its
position known to members of the public.