Crime
BREAKING: See What EFCC Did To Bukola Saraki After Arresting Him
The former President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
He was released after he spent the who day being interrogated about his unexplained wealth including houses in Lagos, London and Dubai.
It would be recalled that for the better part of his tenure as president of the Senate, he defended the allegations of corruption and theft all the way to the Supreme Court.
It is reported that the new case against Saraki maybe connected to allegations of theft and laundering of public funds using a network of cronies and proxy companies.
READ ALSO: EFCC Arrests Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki
The suspected proxies, who executed purported contracts for Kwara State government under Saraki, allegedly made returns, for many years, to the former governor.
The funds involved were huge, running into hundreds of millions in naira and hundreds of thousands in foreign currencies at various times.
Meanwhile, details of his bail conditions are still sketchy.
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