Saraki earned N254,000 monthly as governor, lodged N77m in two days

At the resumed hearing of  the false asset declaration case against the senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki on Thursday before the code of Conduct Tribunal, an official of the Code of Conduct Bureau, Mr Samuel Madojemu, told the  Tribunal that the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, while being Governor of Kwara State, made cash lodgment of N77m in his account in August 2007.

Madojemu, who is the Head, Intelligence Unit of the CCB, said as of the time when the N77m cash lodgment was made on August 12, 2007, Saraki’s monthly salary as governor was N254,412.25.

Mr. Samuel Madojemu is the third prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of the Senate President before the Code of Conduct Tribunal on charges assets declaration breaches which began last year.
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