Senate
President, Bukola Saraki has revealed those responsible for ‘doctored ‘viral
audio which recently appeared online that he allegedly spent millions
campaigning for President Muhammadu Buhari ahead of the 2015 election.
In the
alleged audio, Saraki was heard saying he is angry with Buhari because he was
not compensated and has not benefited from the APC government since 2015.
However, the
Senate President in a series of tweets by Olu Onemola, his Special Assistant on
New Media stated that “the fake audio recording released by online henchmen and
mercenary influencers is a doctored audio file meant to mislead the public.”
He said the
fake recording was the work of desperate agents of the ruling party, the APC.
He insisted
that the Senate President left the ruling party becausethe minimum conditions
for peace, cooperation, inclusion and a general sense of belonging did not
exist’ not for any personal benefits as alleged in the audio.
According to
him, Saraki did not receive any benefits from National Leader of APC, Asiwaju
Tinubu before leaving the ruling party.
The tweets
read: “For the record: we always restrain from responding to inconsequential
issues that we can otherwise ignore. However, in order to put this issue to
rest so that we can move on to real issues, these are the facts:
“The audio
recording that is being circulated online by known anti-Saraki henchmen is a
doctored recording. It was probably part of the mix of manipulations that APC
decided to employ for today’s election in four LGAs in Kwara South.
“We will not
allow people like Ogundamisi and other mercenary “influencers” to create false
and mischievous impressions that may easily be consumed by the otherwise
unsuspecting public.
“Dr. Saraki,
in his response to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in August 2018, stated
emphatically that he left the APC because “the minimum conditions for peace,
cooperation, inclusion and a general sense of belonging did not exist”.
“Additionally,
in that same response to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Dr. Saraki emphasized that
he “never discussed any such personal and pecuniary benefits with anybody.Again,
we still challenge that anybody who has contrary facts should come forward.
“Finally, we
ask the public to understand that in their desperation to hang on to power,
agents of the ruling party are stooping to new lows by doctoring and releasing
such audio files. We expect more of such desperate moves. Fake news, remains
fake news. Their lies remain lies.”
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