Photos of Security Operatives as They Lay a Siege on Saraki, Ekweremadu’s Residences [Photos]

However when the convoy was cleared to go, some police vehicles trailed it up to the National Assembly complex. It was gathered that the police team had acted on some clues that Saraki might not meet with detectives today.

Saraki was to appear before the police today for further investigation into alleged killings in Kwara state, and the move is said to be an apparent ploy to prevent them from making it to the National Assembly today because of an alleged plan by lawmakers to decamp from the ruling All Progressives Congress.

The Senate President had on Monday described the police invitation as a mere afterthought, designed to achieve a political purpose.  In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Yusuph Olaniyonu, the Senate President had claimed that the police decision to invite him was an alleged ploy aimed at scoring cheap political points.

“The police have obviously corrupted and politicised their investigations into the Offa robbery incident,” he said.

According to him, the police had already decided on the suspects to arraign in court in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital on Wednesday, based on the advice of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Mohammed Etsu.

In a related development, officials of the Directorate of State Security (DSS) and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday morning laid siege to the residence of the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu in Abuja.

Here are more photos and from the siege;