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| Toyin Saraki |
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has
invited Toyin Saraki, the wife of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, for
questioning over alleged shady contracts during her husband’s tenure as the
governor of Kwara State.
Also, the daughter of the late former President
Umaru Yar’Adua, who is also the wife of an ex-Governor of Kebbi State, Mrs.
Zaina Dakingari, was said to have been invited by the anti-graft agency.
Saraki’s wife is billed to appear before EFCC
interrogators on July 28, a day after Yar’Adua’s daughter would have been
questioned.
The PUNCH reported that Mrs Dakingari would
answer questions on the alleged misappropriation of N2bn state funds.
Toyin Saraki was said to be under probe in
relation to several contracts executed by companies said to be linked to her
while her husband held sway as the Kwara governor.
A source at the EFCC, who confided in our
correspondent in Abuja, said, “The commission has invited the wives of two
former state governors, Mrs. Toyin Saraki and Mrs. Zaiba Dakingari.
“Mrs. Dakingari was supposed to have appeared
before the commission on Wednesday (yesterday) but she sent a message that she
was outside the country and would honour the invitation on July 27, 2015.
“She is to provide an explanation in relation to
N2bn state funds.
“The commission is expecting Saraki on July 28,
2015. The exact amount of money involved in her matter is not stated for now
but she is to be quizzed in relation to various contracts executed in Kwara
State when her husband was governor of the state.”
The EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed to
our correspondent that the commission had sent out invitations to some wives of
former governors though he said he did not know their identities.
Meanwhile, the EFCC operators on Wednesday
grilled ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s Senior Special Assistant on Schools
and Agricultural Programmes, Baraka Sani.
Sani was reportedly interrogated by operatives of
the commission at its headquarters for eight hours before she was allowed to
go.
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