A former Senate president, Bukola Saraki, has admonished security agencies in the country not to allow themselves to become cannon fodders for politicians in the build up to the 2023 presidential election draw nearer.
He was reacting to the recent move by the Department of State Services (DSS) to arrest the Governor of Central Bank (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, over alleged terrorism and other sundry charges.
Recall that the secret police on Monday approached a judge for an arrest warrant to apprehend the CBN helmsman.
Speaking on the issue, Saraki said there needs to be further clarification on the action of the secret service.
He added that without holding brief for the CBN governor, his concern was that “as a victim of a similar wrong and politically-motivated accusation”, he felt that there were some clouds around the DSS’ court action coming two months to the general elections.
He implored security agencies to be wary and avoid being manipulated by politicians ahead of the 2023 general election.
Saraki said more worrisome is that this is happening at a time the apex bank introduced tough guidelines on the cashless regime and change of currency which could work against those who had planned to resort to vote-buying in the election.
A statement yesterday by Yusuph Olaniyonu, from Abubakar Bukola Saraki Media Office in Abuja, quoted the former Senate president as saying, “As somebody who had been wrongly accused of involvement in the Offa robbery by political opportunists and manipulators before their evil plots now begin to unravel in the court of law, I feel that a similar intrigue is being weaved by those who are bent on sabotaging the 2023 elections as the obvious outcome is not going their way.
“In this court case in which the CBN governor is being accused of terrorism through a suit which the Federal High Court has now described as frivolous and without concrete evidence, my position is not to support Emefiele but to support democracy which is being targeted by the plotters.”