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”
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 (₦18,056,000) 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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