The Nigeria Police has adduced reasons for the search carried out in the house of a serving Senator, Danjuma Goje.The police, however, said there was no document relating to the 2017 Budget that was taken away from Goje’s house.
Rather,
it listed items taken away by detectives to include cash of various
currencies, documents relating to the finances of Gombe State during the
administration of Goje as governor and a laptop.
The Force Public
Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, who listed the items recovered from
Goje’s house, said there was nothing relating to the 2017 Budget that is
with the police.
Moshood said the items taken were available for inspection.
He
said the search, with valid search warrant from a court of competent
jurisdiction, was executed based on information that huge sums of money
were about being moved out of the house.
The statement by Moshood, unedited, reads in full:
“RE-BLAME
THE POLICE IF 2017 BUDGET IS NOT READY SENATOR GOJE” AND “REPS GIVES
POLICE 24 HOURS TO RETURN BUDGET DOCUMENTS ALLEGEDLY CARTED FROM GOJE’S
RESIDENCE”
· Search Warrant Executed in Senator Danjuma Goje House has Nothing to do with 2017 Budget
The
attention of the Nigeria Police Force has been drawn to reports in the
media credited to Senator Danjuma Abdullahi Goje captioned “Blame the
Police if 2017 Budget is not Ready Senator Goje” “REPS gives Police 24
hours to return budget documents allegedly carted from Goje’s residence”
2.
The report in its entirety is false, misleading and capable of
misinforming Nigerians about the statutory roles and duties of the
Nigeria Police Force as provided under Sections 4 & 28 of Police Act
and Regulations, which includes prevention and detection of crime, the
apprehension of offenders, the preservation of law and order, the
protection of life and property and the due enforcement of all laws and
regulations, and authority to enter any house or premises to execute
search warrant.
3. It is pertinent to set the record straight and
inform Nigerians of the facts of the matter. A search warrant duly
obtained from court of competent jurisdiction was professionally
executed in the house of Senator Danujma Goje on 20th April, 2017 at No.
10 Haile Salasie Street, Asokoro District Abuja which was subsequent
upon intelligence report at the disposal of the Force that large sum of
money suspected to be stolen public funds and other incriminating items
are about to be moved out of the said house.
4. It is worthy of
note that on arrival of the Police team to Senator Danujma Goje’s house,
the house keeper Ango Usman informed the Senator of the presence and
mission of the team and he promised coming but later switched off his
phone.
5.
The search warrant was successfully executed in the presence of three
(3) close relatives of Senator Danjuma Goje who are residing in the
house and the recoveries were made in their presence. The three (3)
relatives listed below opened the house and took the Police team round
the building, and endorsed their signatures after the completion of the
search as required by the procedure of law on search warrant which
contained the money, documents and Laptop recovered, and none of the
items include 2017 budget document. This is available for inspection by
any interested members of the public
(i) Danjuma Mohammed, a master
Degree holder from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and a Chartered
Quantity Surveyor is a nephew to Senator Danjuma Goje.
(ii) Ango Usman, House keeper to Senator Danjuma Goje .
(iii) Aisha Umar, Alias Iklima a step daughter to the Senator Danjuma Goje.
6.
For avoidance of doubt, the followings are the sum of money both in
local and foreign currencies, vital documents and a Laptop recovered for
investigation when the search warrant was executed in the house of
Senator Danjuma Goje
i. Cash sum of Eighteen Million and Fifty Six Thousand Naira (N18,056,000) only
ii. Cash sum of Nineteen Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty (19,850 US Dollars).
iii. Cash sum of Nine Thousand Four Hundred (SR9,400) Saudi Riyal
iv. Thirty Eight (38) Files and Six (6) Envelopes containing documents, some of which are listed below
a. File on funds spent on security administration and information gathering– a-g – 2009
b. File on release of funds for Special operations a- f – 2009
c. File on Gombe State Government of Nigeria Cash inflow 2005
d. File on Project 2007 – Executive Briefs on how to fight opposition in Gombe State – Strategies and Tactics
e. Envelopes containing permit to operate as an Oil Industry Service Company (special categories) 2011
f. A File containing write-ups on how Governor Shekarau plotted the assassination of Sheikh Jafaru.
g. Letters from Alhaji Mohammed Danjuma Goje (Sarkin Yakin Gombe) to
the MD LUBELL Nigeria Ltd of proposed residential Devt at Kashere Phase
II dated 16/01/2007 and 19/11/2010.
7. The Nigeria Police Force
wishes to state categorically that there was no single document relating
to 2017 budget sighted or removed by the Police team that executed the
search warrant. There is video recording of the execution of the search
warrant.
8. The Inspector General of Police honoured the
invitation of the National Assembly on 26th April, 2017 to explain the
legality of the search warrant that was executed in the house of Senator
Danjuma Goje on the 20th of April, 2017.
9. Further investigation
is currently ongoing into the matter. Police actions are in line with
the provisions of Sec. 4 & 28 of Police Act and Regulations as
mentioned in paragraph 2 above and consistent with Sec. 9 & 144 of
the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015.
10. The Nigeria
Police Force sees the report in the media credited to Senator Danjuma
Goje as a deliberate distraction to cast aspersion on Police
investigation to pervert the end of justice.
11. Members of the
public are hereby implored to disregards the report as the search
warrant which was professionally executed in the house of Senator
Danjuma Goje has nothing to do with 2017 budget.
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