Kwara State Government has demolished the family house of
Bukola Saraki in Ilorin, the state capital, on Thursday.
The demolition was carried out in the early hours of the day
to avoid a clash with loyalists of Saraki around the place named 'Ile Arugbo'
(house of the olds).
The government had revoked some houses and properties
illegally acquired by Saraki with some of the properties marked for demolition.
It was alleged that some of the people residing in the house
were harassed and injured in the process of evacuating them.
Governor Abdulrazak Abdulrahman had said that the land was
originally meant for government secretariat and parking space for civil service
clinic but was unlawfully allocated to a private firm Asa Investments Limited
without any record of payment to the state government.
The governor signed a constitutional instrument withdrawing
the allocation of plots of land 1, 3 and 5 to the firm, asserting that the said
land was unlawfully appropriated contrary to the purpose for which it was
meant.
He said, “Hundreds of civil servants still operate from
rented apartments at a huge cost to the government.
“The new secretariat, once completed in 2021, will
definitely go a long way to end this unhealthy trend as well as provide a more
conducive and decent working environment for government workers.”
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