Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today after more than five hours of
intense questions by investigators. Today was the second day Mrs. Saraki was grilled
by officials of the anti-corruption commission about her involvement in laundering funds
allegedly looted during her husband's two-term tenure as governor of Kwara State.
SaharaReporters had disclosed how Senate President Saraki and his wife collaborated in
looting funds from Kwara state using fictitious names of depositors. The couple also
scammed numerous other banks by taking out dubious loans, and plundering funds
belonging to Kwara State.
SaharaReporters also revealed that Mrs. Saraki helped launder her husband's ill-gotten
cash through various shady banking transactions and by making deposits into their
personal accounts.
An EFCC investigator told a SaharaReporters correspondent this evening that Mrs. Saraki
“left knowing that there is a strong case against her.”
The investigator also disclosed that "many of the allegations against her [Mrs. Saraki]
connect directly" to Mr. Saraki’s own activities.
EFCC officials told SaharaReporters on Tuesday that Mrs. Saraki arrived at their offices
totally unprepared, and left shocked at how much investigators knew of her alleged
crimes.
On Tuesday, an entourage of politicians and power brokers, including Senator Dino
Melaye- who once headed an anti-corruption NGO- accompanied Mrs. Saraki to the
EFCC offices in Abuja. SaharaReporters attempted to reach Senator Melaye to ascertain
whether he accompanied Mrs. Saraki again today, but he could not be reached by
phone.
A source at the EFCC told SaharaReporters that Mrs. Saraki “may be asked to return
again for questioning" related to the commission's ongoing investigation into alleged
theft and money laundering involving her husband and her.
The EFCC source said the anti-corruption would now explore issues that arose from
Mrs. Saraki's responses to investigators' questions.
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