The Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, has levelled 13 counts of corruption against the Senate President, Bukola Saraki.

Premium Times reports that the bureau accused Saraki of false declaration of assets and operating foreign accounts among other offences.

According to the report, the charges were contained in a document dated September 11 and filed before the CCB.

Saraki was also accused of failing to declare a part of his assets he acquired while in office as governor of Kwara State and acquiring assets beyond his legitimate earnings.

The charge sheet states that the offences are in violation of the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, as amended.

Reacting to the claim, the Senate president, in a press statement released on Wednesday denied all 13 charges levelled against him saying all the allegations were false, incorrect and untrue.

“Saraki has not been served the court process. However, we recognise that as a public officer, he owes members of the public explanation on the allegations contained in the charge sheet,” a statement by his media office said.

It noted that all the claims contained in the charge sheet are false, incorrect and untrue.

“Dr. Saraki has consistently declared his assets as required by law at every point before resuming any political office and that of 2015 is not an exception.

“It is surprising that the alleged charges is now referring his asset declaration made in 2003 while in office as Governor of Kwara State to formulate their charges. They therefore ignored the recent declaration for which they last week issued an acknowledgement.

“That we believe that the Code of Conduct Bureau following their processes in which after a declaration is submitted to the bureau they carried out verification of the assets and ascertained the claims made, should not wait till 12 years later to be pointing out an alleged inconsistencies in a document submitted to it in 2003.

“This same Dr. Saraki submitted asset declaration form in 2007, 2011 and 2015. It is unexplainable that the case in question is now based on the 2003 declaration,” the statement added.