Date: 2018-06-04

...Let Saraki, Gov Ahmed clear their names with Police - Kwara PDP The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kwara State and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state have expressed divergent views over the invitation of Saraki and Governor Ahmed by the Police.

Spokesman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Suleiman Buhari, said he was short of words, describing the development as the desperate extent the police could go to get at the Senate President, chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state, Akogun Iyiola Oyedepo, urged the two personalities to appear before the police and clear their names.

The APC spokesman said: "I am short of words, and this is coming as a big shock to me. I’m sure Nigerians would know that the Nigerian Police is desperate to blackmail the Senate President, and this is just one of the means but I am sure they will fail.

"In the real sense of it, what would the Senate president, the number three man in Nigeria, have to do with a bank robbery? Absolutely nothing. This is really a big joke and I'm sure as a law abiding citizen, our leader, if he's truly invited, will honour their invitation and exonerate himself."

Let Saraki, Gov Ahmed clear their names with Police - Kwara PDP

But the chairman of PDP in Kwara State, Akogun Iyiola Oyedepo, said: "It is normal if they are invited, they should go and honour the police invitation.'

"The issue is that the two of them might be wrongfully or genuinely mentioned, so when they get there, they would be able to clear their names.

"For the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, he has no immunity, so he should just go and clear his name.

"For the governor, he still has immunity, I mean there is immunity against prosecution, but there is no immunity against investigation, so I will also strongly advise him to appear before the Police and clear his name."