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April 4, 2016 Emmanuel Mayah

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Share 0 #PanamaPapers: PREMIUM TIMES that exposed hidden assets owned by his wife, Toyin Hidden family assets of Saraki, which he failed to declare to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) as Tweet ’s Senate required by Nigerian laws. President, Saraki,  Email uncovered in tax havens At least four assets belonging to the wealthy and famous Saraki family of April 4, 2016  Print Nigeria, all tucked away in secret offshore territories, were uncovered by the #PanamaPapers: Toyin investigation published by PREMIUM TIMES.  More Saraki’s lawyers disagree with husband, Last September the CCB slammed false asset declaration charges on Mr. say secret assets belong Nike SB Stefan Janoski to her alone Saraki, accusing the Senate President, among other things, of failure to declare Max White Trainers April 5, 2016 his assets in full. £95 #PanamaPapers: I Under the code of conduct law, a public office holder is required to declare his £65 won't resign, Senate own assets, those of his wife as well as assets in the names of his children President, Bukola Saraki says below the age of 18. April 8, 2016 In response to the PREMIUM TIMES’ story, Mr. Saraki insisted he fully #PanamaPapers: complied with law on asset declaration. Documents show hidden offshore assets In the response sent in by Yusuph Olaniyonu, his Special Adviser (Media and belong to Senate President Saraki; wife, Publicity), Mr. Saraki said he fully complied with the provisions of the law on Toyin, a mere front declaration of assets by public officers. April 8, 2016 The Senate President maintained that he did not fail to declare assets Saraki reacts to 13- count corruption belonging to his wife in secret offshore territories, adding that he, in his charges by Conduct different asset declarations, included properties owned individually by himself Bureau, says 'we will and his wife. meet in court' September 16, 2015 “The property in question forms part of Dr Saraki’s wife’s family asset,” Mr. Saraki said. “It is public knowledge that Mrs. Saraki comes from a family of independent means and wealth with numerous and varied assets acquired over decades in family estates and investments -34% Commodity Stock Oli... £14

“Furthermore, the law only requires a public officer to declare both his own assets and those held by his spouse and his children under 18 years of age. The law does not require a public officer to declare assets held by the spouse’s family.

“It is not expected by the law that a public officer should declare such assets held in the spouse’s family estate. Indeed, the Code of Conduct form does not make provision for declaration of spouse’s family assets,” he stated.

Indeed, Toyin Saraki hails from the rich and famous Ojora family of Lagos. She married Bukola Saraki in 1991.

The hidden properties in offshore territories the Senate President failed to declare were acquired in 2004 and 2011 respectively.

They are not part of the Ojora’s family estate and were not acquired through inheritance.

They are owned by Mrs. Saraki, as shown in the offshore documents obtained by this newspaper. ASOS Western Denim Share 0 Tweet  Email Shirt In Khaki In Regul...

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O.O David • a month ago Subscribe @Ikechukwu_67 Podcasts Bukola Saraki is wreathed in frauds. I am not saying he was born in fraud, but he's inured to shame. A man who desires good standing in society does not one flit from fraudulence to moneylaundering. Bukola Saraki has no ethical direction for his own life and can't give Nigeria what he does not have. Premium Times His type is usually kept behind bars for years as quarantine to prevent societal infection from frauds. Latest tracks But since Nigerians are themselves aiders and abettors of thieves, Nigerians are not victims of dupery. 1 △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

Julius > O.O David • a month ago He was born in fraud. Yes, you can say it bro. He deserves no niceness and pity. He is a fraud !! 25 TRACKS 1 △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

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When you have a thief around you, call him his name which is "Tief". This people must have taken us all for fools. The case Premium Times - Why I Never W… is clear. However, I have to acknowledge that our kobo-kobo judiciary might agree with Saraki. The judiciary is another Premium Times - What Oba of L… story, I swear. Cookie policy 3 △ ▽ • Reply • Share › emmanuel • a month ago @OSINBAJO'S Millions???? Nigeria is the most useless country on earth. El-Rufai declared over N90 billion and it ends there. Trump has no regret for calling us f**lish people!

Osinbajos parents were multi Billionaires before they died, abi?

Even FRA wIlliams and all the renown Lawyers never had anything close to that, yet the one who calls himself Pastor (fake Pastor ni) owned so much and CCB kept quiet. △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

utolason > emmanuel • a month ago You missed the point completely. Read your comment again and consider deleting it. 4 △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

simple solution > utolason • a month ago ARREST TOYIN SARAKI NOW. SHE IS THE ONE TO ACCOUNT FOR HER OVERSEAS ASSETS.

IT DOES NOT LIE IN BUKOLA SARAKI TO ENTER JUSTIFICATION FOR THIS PRIMA FACIE THEFT. △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

Rominiyis > emmanuel • a month ago What is your points?. Even if proven, does one bad behavior justify another? That is a 12 years old child argument not befitting of an adult. No country or legal system is capable of prosecuting or prove every corrupt case. What legal system does is to make example of those caught to serve as deterrent to others and therefore eliminate illegalities. If you have evidence please forward it to premium times, Sahara reporter, you don't even need to disclose your identity. You can also sent it newspapers in Nigeria or EFCC,,,,, Help save your nation from disclose your identity. You can also sent it newspapers in Nigeria or EFCC,,,,, Help save your nation from imminent destruction from corruption that impoverish and kept it in darkness in modern age.... Please be reasonable 2 △ ▽ • Reply • Share › emmanuel • a month ago Una neva see anything about Saraki, one day Lamido Sanusis name will pop up in this whola saga and that will be the end. The earlier he releases such lead the better for him, because Fulani nor fit eat its own! Anyway, the blood of the young man who fronted for him in the over N20 Billion Intercontinental Bank loan illegally written off by Sanusi will hunt Saraki to hell. As for the young man, he paid for his sins of acting as conduit for plundering /Nigeria - evil begets evil! △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

HARD Facts • a month ago LETTERS Oil spills and environmental degradation has destroyed the Niger Delta and continues to do so. There is no oil company’s top executive who has been arrested or quizzed despite the avalanche of evidence of neglect, irresponsibility and ultimate culpability of these environmental terrorists in the Niger Delta. Worse still the so called Federal government of Nigeria led LETTER: ‘UNILAG graduate with by Brigadier Bokohari has ignored these undesirable elements (top executives of foreign oil companies) all of whom have 5.00 CGPA deserves national refused to clean up their oil spills in the Niger Delta. honour’

Bodo community remains devastated since December 2008. No clean up. While billions are borrowed from LETTER: ‘Buhari lied, Sokoto has no to rebuild the self destruction in the North East, not a kobo has been borrowed to rebuild the Niger Delta destroyed by Federal Permanent Secretary’ incessant pollution. Ironically it is the money generated by the Niger Delta that will eventually pay the monies borrowed to rebuild the North East. Is this fair? Will you blame the Niger Delta if it reacts? T.B Joshua releases alarming 2016 △ ▽ • Reply • Share › predictions

okpada > HARD Facts • a month ago I am from the Niger Delta. Please why did GEJ who is from Niger Delta not arrested them and prosecute them? We blow our pipes to make money from the IOC's operating in our area in other to make cheap money. Let me ask you - where in the whole world of oil exploration do we have number of ruptured pipes/ vandalized/ completely destroyed oil equipments as we have in the Niger Delta? It is a show of shame. Now most of these oil field have bought over by our people thru GEJ hold them and persecute them 4 △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

emmanuel > okpada • a month ago bastard Desert Rat, you can never come from Niger Delta. If the Oil spill by BV in the Gulf of Mexico happened in Nigeria, you yeye fowls of Fulani and Yorobber extract would say it was done by Niger Delta people. Nonsense. Na who destroy the North East, should they not be abandoned to their fate too? △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

McOtie > HARD Facts • a month ago If you care about your Niger Delta then get ur own country.. Period. 1 △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

emmanuel > HARD Facts • a month ago So what is the solution? a few guys collects Amnesty pay out and need support? Jonathan in his Ogbono Soup desposition did nothing about that. Who should have told him that Nigeria is fake and what your people get from it is what you struggle for? Students of history in Nigeria know these things and only wishful thinking will lead to your line of thought. They say the Oil spills were as result of sabotage, so what does represent? Amaechi the f**l is now on the prowl, used by same people who go borrow to build sabotage of their people, but will not borrow to build even the technical oil production failure. △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

Oyetunde > HARD Facts • a month ago Dont bother urself. Nigerian govt and politicians do not care about Niger Delta. They care only about their pockets and propaganda while pretending to fight corruption in a country where confirmed tchives like Saraki, Babangida and Obasanjo are free and sometimes even give advise to other officials on corruption issues. Has Babangida returned our $12.7b????

Break up of Nigeria or Confederation is the only solution to Nigeria's problems caused by useless Britain that amalgamated several countries together making it possible for even the academically challenged like Buhari to preside over 200m people on the basis of "turn by turn" presidency hinged on ethnicity however daft the person is. △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

Julius > Oyetunde • a month ago The Niger Deltans dot care about the Niger Delta. So, why dont you look in the mirror instead of blaming others. Do you know how many Billionaires you have there ? Of course they cant come out and declare themselves rich and you know why. So, please spare us the victimhood cries. 1 △ ▽ • Reply • Share › 1 △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

JP • a month ago PT thanks for this information. I am very sure it is not Sarakis and Iboris alone. Can you please intensify in your effort to expose more political criminals who are parading themselves as our friends? Also can the internet FOOLS allow the EFCC to do their jobs by taking over from here instead of insulting personalities such as PMB, Tinubu or Saraki. Poverty does not mean that people should not think right. 4 △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

UOU • a month ago Saraki is claiming he does not know about the law provisons or what is needed in the law book same as, tinubu has always claimed when confronted with his many crimes, in particular his discharged CCT case and his filling of guber form, in 1999 when he claimed his lackey, tokunbo afikiyomi, filled the form for him with oluwole educational credentials. It's all lies, they know very well, what they were doing, they have lawyers who advise and guide them but because they want to be smart, they push their luck too far, in furtherance of their evil ambitions. Anyway, Politicians are crooks with motto, TO LIE AND DECIEVE, Politicians do not make honest mistakes, they skillfully yet deliberately violate the letters of the law, so that when the come comes, they would go round the law 1 △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

UOU • a month ago Saraki is a rogue, only good for the prisons, his criminal record is unprecedented, all these denials are funny 1 △ ▽ • Reply • Share › ijelejames • a month ago Pinocchio saraki. Lie more. Shame on you! 1 △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

Julius > ijelejames • a month ago lolz. He is confused now. More will be coming out. In a civilized country he would have pleaded deal , resign, refund some money amd np jail term and get out of the country. But, in Nigeria ? Noooo, they wont do that. They will rather go down in flames and I hope he does. 1 △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

McAlfred Uta • a month ago I have always insisted that the soul of the common people who died as a result of the demise of Societe General Bank of Nigeria and Kwara State owned Trade Bank, will not rest until the Sarakis atone for their misdeeds. For Bukola Saraki, we suspect that your present trial by CCT was politically motivated. But the Panama leaks cannot be wished away, neither the bankruptcy of SGBN and Trade Bank. It is time Bukola considers resigning from number 3 position to face trial and either be cleared or indicted and pay the necessary fine or imprisoned. 1 △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

AFRICANER • a month ago The ultimatum should be: Saraki hold hearings to expose Buhari's genocide against shiites, and Igbos, plus extra-judicial tendencies, including disobedience of court orders, OR you should resign for all these fraud allegations against you.

If you are not able to do the job of holding the executive branch accountable for the balance of power, then resign! It's the only thing that points to your guilt is the inability to reign in Buhari.

Unless you table these hearings, I will start supporting these people asking for your ouster. △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

Julius > AFRICANER • a month ago wow, you just exposed yourself for who you are, a hypocrites and a fraud of a man. So, if he hold hearing we should forget how he looted us blind. Na wa oo !! 1 △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

AFRICANER > Julius • a month ago In reality, you'd think that we should fight hypocrisy with hypocrisy, fraud with fraud, but NO, that's not the way. I'm simply against a home owner who abandons his burning house to chase rats; genocide is 1000 times more important than false declaration of assets.

My problem with Saraki is that he is not capable of checking the excesses of the executive branch. The type of system we have requires that balance. △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

Julius > AFRICANER • a month ago If he is not capable of doing his job, then he needs to go ! △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

AFRICANER > Julius • a month ago We finally agree on something. We finally agree on something. △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

Julius > AFRICANER • a month ago We do more than you think. Its just your ways to solving our issues are always way off the marks. lolz △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

AFRICANER > Julius • a month ago Then remove the prism so you can see clearly. △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

Julius > AFRICANER • a month ago No, you are the one that should do that or just stop drinking 'GEN', OGOGORO too damn much. lolz △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

tundemash > AFRICANER • a month ago Mr. Career Liar, make submissions relevant to the article. △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

AFRICANER > tundemash • a month ago It's very relevant. △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

tundemash > AFRICANER • a month ago Mr. Career Liar, what has the panama expose of your rogue master got to do with Buhari ? △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

Toto > AFRICANER • a month ago Nobody know you! You are just 1 in 180 million, 1 △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

Julius > Toto • a month ago How many are you in 180 million ?. Same answer, Im guessing. △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

AFRICANER > Toto • a month ago That is not true. You can have your people contact my people if you want. △ ▽ • Reply • Share › persona • a month ago Duty beckons on the EFCC to affirm the veracity if this case and push it both from the UK to ensure that the laws take its course there and file the same at the High Courts in Nigeria to ensure that Saraki is kept busy on all fronts. His lies fell apart when he brought in his wife's family. The wife had earlier denied and threatened to sue the ICIJ, now they are admitting ownership by proxy. If the wife is the owner by proxy according to Saraki, why not declare the asset when asked to do same? The criminal has no basis whatsoever to summon anyone to appear before it again till the senate gets a moral leadership. △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

Dodondawa • a month ago Bukola Saraki, keep lying. You forget that when you tell a lie, you must be prepared to cover it with 10 lies. O ya continue, you hear 1 △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

Ijeuwa • a month ago Saraki oleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

Paul Graham • a month ago The Ojora family were not directly or remotely mentioned in the Panama papers, what then is the connection? △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

Baba B • a month ago This goes to show how unrepentant this thief is. Even in the face of clear evidence he is still telling lies because it is in his character to steal and lie. 3 △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

Dazmillion • a month ago Why is this man allowed to be parading himself as the senate president of the republic, the number 3 citizen no less? Saraki needs to be handcuffed immediately and escorted down to Kuje prison to start a 15 years jail sentence. Saraki needs to be handcuffed immediately and escorted down to Kuje prison to start a 15 years jail sentence. 3 △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

TAWANDA INCOMMUNICADO • a month ago Bukola Saraki, please this expanation does not make sense,the hidden assets have no paper trail to your wife's family, YOU HAVE BEEN EXPOSED SO BE BRAVE AND HONOURABLE ...... JUST RESIGN.

There is life after politics. 5 △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

Nwa_Africa > TAWANDA INCOMMUNICADO • a month ago Will he listen to you and do the right thing? This is Nigeria were money can buy you 100 SAN`s to defend you not US...... 2 △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

jimmy • a month ago A weak defence from Bukola Saraki. The game is up. Those who live in glass house do not throw stones. 1 △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

John > jimmy • a month ago It has been established that it takes about twenty lies to cover up a single lie, and from my calculations and analysis, we came to a conclusion that Saraki needs about 1004 lies to cover his lies, based on the above stated figures, and I stand to be corrected..... I have heard a lot about scarce (truth) commodity, but has indeed experienced it first hand in this marathon race and wild-goose chase of freedom by the Saraki's. Well, the truth of the matter is that Saraki isn't the only thief in this ponzi deals, and I promise you, by the time premium times finishes unfolding the names of governors and politicians in this tax heaven scandal, I bet you, you would be shocked to your bone marrow. The names of the last governor of Akwa Ibom state and the present governor of rivers state were conspicuously in the list, and many others who are already peeing in their pants since the story broke out. Sit back and grab your popcorn and relax, as the movie would be a long one. All information and email communications between the culprits and the firm are watertight to nailing every person indicted or mentioned in the scandal, and by that, there won't be any space or avenue for escape or suing for "assassination of character." Virtually all our governors past and present are in this sh*t, my findings were done beyond the shores of this country, and have my facts even before the news broke out.... 1 △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

Sparzo • a month ago Mirror mirror on the wall, Who is a clever boy? △ ▽ • Reply • Share ›

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