The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) sitting in Abuja was Wednesday regaled with shocking tales of mindboggling local and international financial transactions by Senate President Bukola Saraki as his trial for alleged false declaration of assets continued in the Nigerian capital.
The Lead Counsel to Saraki, Kanu Agabi, had stormed the CCT with 90 lawyers.
Addressing the court presided over by Justice Danladi Umar, Prosecution Witness 1, Michael Wetkas, disclosed that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) requested for details of Saraki’s naira and dollar accounts with GTBank and that the bank had provided all requested details. He listed all the naira and dollar bank account numbers owned by Saraki in GTBank and the cash flows as investigated by EFCC.
The trial judge took note of some fresh exhibits presented before him by Mr. Wetkas and admitted all.
Giving details of Saraki’s financial transactions from his GTBank accounts, Wetkas stated that N200,640,000 was paid to the Presidential Committee on Sales of Federal Government Property by Bukola Saraki for the purchase of property in Lagos.
Wetkas also listed several amounts which have passed through Saraki’s accounts for the purchase of property in various locations in Nigeria and abroad with dates. According to him, “$10,000 each was deposited for 18 times in one day, on the 19th of May, 2012, into Saraki’s GTBank Dollar account, in which the last three deposits were made by Saraki himself.
“Another £1,516,000 was allegedly wired by Saraki into his foreign account.
“N184,000,000 was on the 15th of February, 2010 paid to a company and N153,900,000 was transferred to another company, but was later converted into pounds sterling accounts by Saraki.”
According to Wetkas, it was also revealed that “N375,000,000 was allegedly converted into euros and used to purchase property via telex to Fortis Bank, and also for mortgage purposes.”
About 25 senators loyal to Saraki were in the court room to witness the proceedings on Wednesday.
With so much financial activity going on, when did he find time to represent the interests of his electorate? It appears he was all the time representing himself and his own interests.
Sad thing is that most Nigerian politicians have the same mindset. They are in politics for themselves only.
Even sadder is that the Nigerian people accept them and let them perpetrate their selfishness without any complaints.
This is really a mind blow,how this guy & Nigerian political class killed majority of Nigerian citizen.