Emefiele: Beware of Political Manipulators, Saraki Advises DSS

A former President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has advised the Department of State Services and other security agencies in the country to avoid being manipulated by politicians as the country approaches the 2023 elections.

He gave the advice in a statement signed by his media aide, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, while reacting to the recent court case in which the DSS accused the Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, of terrorism and other sundry charges while seeking a court order for his arrest.

Saraki said, “In this court case in which the CBN governor is being accused of terrorism through a suit which the Federal High Court has now described as frivolous and without concrete evidence, my position is not to support Emefiele but to support democracy which is being targeted by the plotters.

“With all the due respect that I have for the DSS as a professional security agency, I still found it very difficult to understand what led to the charges, why concrete evidence that will enable the court to take a good decision was not provided and why the department gave room for suspicion and speculations as the case file have gaping holes as noted by the Honourable Judge John Tsoho.

“One of the suspicions this case has raised is that it is part of a grand plot by those who want to undermine and sabotage the coming general election because their calculation on vote buying, rigging, and excessive use of money is falling apart.”