Nigeria's Senate President Saraki Lied In His Official Election Forms
SaharaReporters has obtained exclusive copies of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) nomination forms by which Senate President Bukola Saraki ran for the National Assembly election, and they unveil a pattern of lies, evasion and misrepresentation of facts on questions about his nationality and identity.
BY SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORKAUG 06, 2015
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SaharaReporters has obtained exclusive copies of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) nomination forms by which Senate President Bukola Saraki ran for the National Assembly election, and they unveil a pattern of lies, evasion and misrepresentation of facts on questions about his nationality and identity.

Nigeria's Senate President, Bukola Saraki
The documents come weeks after SaharaReporters provided evidence showing that Mr. Saraki is a citizen of the United Kingdom.
For instance, under “Personal particulars of persons seeking election,” the man who would become Senate President declared his nationality to be “Nigerian.” However, when answering the question, “Did you change your nationality in the past?” he indicated “NIL” or no.

UK passport of Senate President Bukola Saraki
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As first exposed by SaharaReporters, Mr. Saraki’s passport clearly indicates that he holds citizenship of United Kingdom. Perhaps on account of this, Mr. Saraki left blank Question 10, on whether the prospective candidate has “made a declaration of allegiance to any other country.”


Saraki's INEC form
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Mr. Saraki’s answers to these questions indicate that he is concealing the fact that he is a bonafide citizen of the United Kingdom. Knowing that it would hurt his political ambitions, he deliberately concealed the fact that he has changed the profile of his nationality in the past.

On the forms, Mr. Saraki also completely evaded question 12, which asked the candidate to specify his place of birth. Rather than declare his place of birth to be Hampstead North, of the Metropolitan Bourough of Hampstead in the United Kingdom, Mr. Saraki craftily repeated his date of birth: 19-12-1962. For some reason, INEC did not invalidate the form as it should have.

Saraki's INEC form
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On the question of the circumstances of his birth, Mr. Saraki has also played fast and loose with the facts. SaharaReporters has obtained a copy of his birth certificate, which proves that he was born on December 19, 1962 as Olubukola Adebisi Olabowale Saraki but curiously Mr. Saraki’s birth was not registered until a year later in 1963. This is contrary to his name on his INEC documents, which he wrote as Abubakar Bukola Saraki. Our sources who have knowledge of the story say he gave himself this version in an effort to appeal to northern voters in Kwara State.

Saraki's INEC form
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SaharaReporters contacted Mr. Saraki and his aides to offer an opportunity to them to explain the systemic evasion and misrepresentation of his nationality and citizenship in his election documents, contrary to the law. Nobody appeared willing to provide any explanation as to the discrepancies in his official records and claims as listed in this and previous SaharaReporters stories.

Saraki's INEC form
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Ambition is a rider! Unfortunately, this inordinate ambition of Bukola Saraki is riding him to his doom.......can somebody whisper to his big hear *R.E.S.I.G.N before it's too late*

Aiit

Whaooo its gr8 2 hear,since a black man is America president why can't a US citizen be nija senate presido

Nonsense when our president refuse to show us his certificate.

You can huff, you can puff but you just can't blow the house down
This is beginning to look desperate and pathetic. The sponsors of Sahara reporters need to just call it a day and see what they can salvage. There is no need fighting a concluded war

This is really a trying time for Saraki

Wow.


Naija I hail thee.

The man 'Olubukola' has so many Enemies.

Almighty God will see you though and Perhaps next time you will learn how to respect and follow the elders and not let a greed takes over you.

#FreeBukky

When the president lied about his WAEC and finance, who is the senate president not to follow suit.
zoological republic of Nigeria

and the desperation continues.....


whether they like it or yes, saraki and Ekweremadu remains SP and DSP till 2019!

wanking wankers over to you

See this one dey deceive himself^^^.

melzabull:
and the desperation continues.....
whether they like it or yes, saraki and Ekweremadu remains SP and DSP till 2019!
wanking wankers over to you

AUNT WHY YOU DEY WAIL FOR APC MATTER NA?

.........and the reasons keep building up for sarkai to be booted out!

Bukola Saraki has obviously ridden a tiger. A simple act of betrayal and double cross, fueled by inordinate ambition is fast deteriorating into a huge embarrassment for the nation. How do we deal with a dubious number three citizen in a nation all primed up for drastic paradigm change?

But I'm curious as to why all these facts are being unearthed now. Why wait until his ascension to the rank of speakership at the upper chambers before sprawling up such damning evidence. Whose script are the digital and print media acting out and for what purpose?

Going