Video: Saraki's Interview with BBC
Video: Saraki's Interview with BBCpic.twitter.com/CDXYyLMm0V
— Bukola Saraki (@bukolasaraki) November 23, 2016
Nigeria’s Senate president, Bukola Saraki, has told the BBC Hausa service that he acquired 95% of his wealth before he entered politics.
He is currently under investigation by the Nigerian authorities on allegations of falsely declaring assets when he was governor of Kwara state.
Mr Saraki acknowledged that there was corruption in the country, but said his wealth was a result of coming from a blessed family and hard work.
He said he was confident that he would be cleared of the charges against him and he would continue to serve in public office.
The senator also said he had not evaded tax - an accusation highlighted in the Panama Papers.
His wife also appeared in those documents accused of registering a company offshore to buy a London property.
Bukola SarakiBased on legal advice the company was set up because they were acquiring an asset and it was advised at that time and that’s how it was set up to the best of our knowledge. It was not a company that was set up by ourselves; it was set up by a legal firm and under a legal firm as far as to the best of our knowledge no law was being broken."
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
KSIRS Abdulwahab Oba Owo Isowo Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board Adama Isa Sulyman Tejidini David Oyepinola Adedumoye Abiodun Musa Aibinu Yemi Sanni Yusuf Abubakar Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao Omotoso Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners Abdulrazaq Adebayo Simeon Ajibola Village Alive Development Association Dairo Kunle Paul IF-K Opaleke Bukola Iyabo Local Government Pension Board Mohammed Halidu Kwara University Of Education Obuh Moses Afolayan Asiwaju Bola Tinubu Chief Of Staff Ibrahim Bio KWATMA Communication Network Support Services Ilorin Central Mosque Pakata Shuaib Abdulkadir Olokoba Aminat Omodara Olusin Of Ijara Isin Usman Alkali Baba UNILORIN Alumni Association Umar Saro Esinrogunjo Kanu Agabi Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd Oke-Ero Shonga Farm Project Afusat Nike Ibrahim Riskat Opakunle Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa Zara Umar Oba Abu Maigida Soludero Transit Albert Ogunsola Rotimi Atere Nurudeen Mohammed Umaru Saro Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development Michael Ologundea Omoniyi M. Ayinla Muritala Olarewaju Fatimoh Lawal Ayobola Ipinlaiye Nupe Hamid Bobboyi Abdulrasaq Alaro Tinubu Legacy Forum Omu-aran Salman Suleiman TIIDELab Awili Pedro Offa Grammer School Umar Ayinla Saro Olatinwo Michael Nzwekwe Orisun Igbomina Salaudeen Oyewale Oloriegbe Mutawali Babaita Government High School (GHS), Adeta

