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Senator Danjuma Goje Risks Arrest By Police As He Ignores Invitation Over Documents Discovered In Raid Of His Home
The Police Thursday said they may arrest Senator Danjuma Goje if he refuses to appear before the Police Investigative team.
The police also said invitation has been made to him by the panel but the Senator has remained reluctant about it.
This was disclosed in Abuja Thursday by the Force Spokesman, CSP Jimoh Moshood when he appeared on a Channels television during the morning show.
The Senator had said in the floor of the senate that the work of the Senate might be impeded following removal of documents relating to 2017 budget from his house during a search by operatives of the Force.
The police however maintained that it did not remove any document relating to the budget.
According to Moshood: “He must appear before the investigation team to explain circumstances surrounding how he got some of the documents with us.
“The Senator promised to come last week Friday but he did not.
“So, I am using this opportunity to call on him to appear before the investigation Panel because investigation is still ongoing on the recovery that were made in his house.”
On whether he will be arrested if he refuses to honour invitation by the police, he said: “Yes he will be arrested because no one is above arrest and we will definitely do so and it is important for him to know that on time and appear before the team.”
On the search warrant executed, the Force Spokesman said: “The search was not aimed at 2017 budget and I must add that no budget document was sighted or removed.
“No single document relate to the 2017 budget and mind you, the budget has been with them for months now, so it will be wrong for anybody to come up and say because police conducted a search, the passage of the budget will be affected.
On whether the laptop recovered from Goje’s house contains documents relating to the 2017 budget, Moshood was quick to say: “The laptop we took also has some incriminating item which we are investigating because all we removed were removed for investigation.
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