{"id":51219,"date":"2018-06-04T19:46:59","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T18:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/?p=51219"},"modified":"2018-06-04T19:46:59","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T18:46:59","slug":"police-cancel-summon-to-saraki-demand-written-explanation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/police-cancel-summon-to-saraki-demand-written-explanation\/","title":{"rendered":"Police cancel summon to Saraki; demand written explanation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senate President Bukola Saraki would no longer need to appear before the police for questioning, the top lawmaker said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on Twitter, Mr Saraki said he now has a formal communication from the police, but it was not for him to appear but rather to answer questions bordering on the robbery in Offa, Kwara State, in April.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing my earlier tweet, I have received the letter from\u00a0<a class=\"m_-4823264396960544050m_-3195212708768993184gmail-twitter-atreply m_-4823264396960544050m_-3195212708768993184gmail-pretty-link m_-4823264396960544050m_-3195212708768993184gmail-js-nav\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PoliceNG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><s>@<\/s><b>PoliceNG<\/b><\/a>. They are no longer asking me to appear at any station, but to respond in writing to the allegations\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">within 48 hours<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u2014 which I plan to do,\u201d Mr Saraki said.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes minutes after Vice President Yemi Osinbajo met behind closed-doors with Police chief, Ibrahim Idris, as well as the head of State Security Service, Lawal Daura, at the State House.<\/p>\n<p>It also comes about four hours after Mr Saraki announced he was yet to get a police invite. PREMIUM TIMES reported how the senate president said he dispatched his security detail to the Force Headquarters in Abuja to ask the police for an invite when none came.<\/p>\n<p>The police say some of the suspects in the Offa robbery confessed to being sponsored by Mr Saraki.<\/p>\n<p>Details shortly\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate President Bukola Saraki would no longer need to appear before the police for questioning, the top lawmaker said on Monday. In a post on Twitter, Mr Saraki said he&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3302],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/saraki-vs-police-nigerians-react-to-claims-linking-senate-president-to-offa-bank-robbery-suspects-pics.jpg?fit=696%2C463&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55039,"url":"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/saraki-had-responded-to-the-police-in-writing-aide\/","url_meta":{"origin":51219,"position":0},"title":"&#8216;Saraki had responded to the police in writing&#8217; &#8211; Aide","author":"Reporter","date":"July 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has written to the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, in response to his invitation to appear for an interrogation over the allegations made against him by armed robbery suspects who attacked banks in Offa, Kwara State for the second time. \u00a0 This is coming after the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"SARAKI, PDP, Senate, Primary Elections","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/saraki-vs-police-nigerians-react-to-claims-linking-senate-president-to-offa-bank-robbery-suspects-pics.jpg?fit=696%2C463&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/saraki-vs-police-nigerians-react-to-claims-linking-senate-president-to-offa-bank-robbery-suspects-pics.jpg?fit=696%2C463&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/saraki-vs-police-nigerians-react-to-claims-linking-senate-president-to-offa-bank-robbery-suspects-pics.jpg?fit=696%2C463&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":56761,"url":"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/offa-bank-robbery-court-orders-police-to-stop-investigating-saraki\/","url_meta":{"origin":51219,"position":1},"title":"Offa Bank Robbery Court Orders Police To Stop Investigating Saraki","author":"Damilare Salami","date":"August 9, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Senate President Bukola Saraki can now have a brief sigh of relief after a Federal High Court sitted in Abuja ordered the suspension of investigation into his alleged involvement in the Offa Bank robbery, pending further hearing on the matter. Not less than 30 people were killed in the robbery\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Offa Robbery, Police, IGP, Bukola Saraki","src":"https:\/\/scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com\/vp\/1f47b03d09d3820385b4933a30cdfa08\/5BB2EB58\/t51.2885-15\/e35\/34349930_386816548391648_8049389666190753792_n.jpg","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com\/vp\/1f47b03d09d3820385b4933a30cdfa08\/5BB2EB58\/t51.2885-15\/e35\/34349930_386816548391648_8049389666190753792_n.jpg 1x, https:\/\/scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com\/vp\/1f47b03d09d3820385b4933a30cdfa08\/5BB2EB58\/t51.2885-15\/e35\/34349930_386816548391648_8049389666190753792_n.jpg 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":109256,"url":"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/apc-thugs-are-after-my-life-and-family-sen-president-bukola-saraki\/","url_meta":{"origin":51219,"position":2},"title":"APC Thugs Are After My Life And Family &#8211; Sen President Bukola Saraki","author":"Damilare Salami","date":"January 12, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Senate President Bukola Saraki has alleged a threat to his life and those of his family in Ilorin, Kwara State. He accused thugs allegedly sponsored by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the police as the brains behind the alleged move to eliminate him and his family. Addressing reporters in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":55008,"url":"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/offa-robbery-theres-no-link-between-saraki-and-suspects-ministry-of-justice\/","url_meta":{"origin":51219,"position":3},"title":"Offa Robbery: There&#8217;s No Link Between Saraki And Suspects &#8211; Ministry Of Justice","author":"Damilare Salami","date":"July 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The public prosecution office under the ministry of justice says it cannot establish a link between Senate President Bukola Saraki and the suspects arrested over robbery in Offa, Kwara state. 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