STATEMENT BY AMINU A. LOGUN mni, Chief of Staff to the Executive Governor of Kwara State.

Date: 2019-12-05

I am constrained to react to the publication in the Daily Trust Newspaper edition of November 30, 2019 titled "WHY EFCC INVITED KWARA CHIEF OF STAFF, OTHERS - SOURCES."

The publication contained an allegation that Prof Muritala Awodun, erstwhile Executive Chairman, KW-IRS, had given me some money to help influence the extension of his tenure at KW-IRS. This allegation and variants thereof had also featured in social media publications in the past few days.

First and foremost, I will like to state that I truly visited the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as part of an ongoing investigation into the activities of some past officials, including the former chairman of the Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KW-IRS). Save for public officials with immunity under our law, every public official has an obligation to the state to assist in the investigation of any crime. I am no exception, hence my first and only appearance on November 26, 2019 to answer the EFCC summon to volunteer information as I know it

However, my visit to the EFCC has been given several misleading interpretations, especially on the social media where some persons are unfairly using that to smear my hard-earned image. I understand this is one of the burdens of being in public office

I state unequivocally that at no time did Prof Awodun give me any money for the claimed purpose or for any other purpose whatsoever. Similarly, I was not involved in any funnelling or distribution of money from KW-IRS and/or any other source for any political campaign or political party. All the stories and theories in the media concerning those allegations are baseless and totally untrue.

I have instructed my lawyers to review the false publications with a view to taking legal actions as may be appropriate.

I remain humbled by and grateful to the Executive Governor of Kwara State, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, for the trust reposed in me as the Chairman, Kwara State Transition Committee 2019, which was further concretised by my appointment as the Chief of Staff to the Executive Governor.

I remain very proud of the giant steps and achievements of the Executive Governor since he assumed the reins in Kwara State and shall continue to dutifully support His Excellency in advancing the Kwara Project for the betterment of the good people of Kwara State. I am also of one mind with His Excellency that the task at hand is much too important for us to succumb to sponsored fabrications that are patently designed to distract and cause disaffection.

Aminu A Logun, mni

Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.

December 2, 2019

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abdulrosheed Okiki     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Lotus Bank     Sarakite     Balogun Fulani     Naira Redesign     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Sanusi Abubakar     Code Of Conduct     Kumbi Titiloye     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Emir Of Ilorin     Jelili Yusuf     Peter Amogbonjaye     Jumoke F. Ajao     Matthew Okedare     Offa Descendants Union     Alaro     Isiaq Khadeejah     Abubakar Baba     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Razak Atunwa     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     UITH     Fatai Garuba Labaka     James Kolo     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Gurei     Ariyo     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Yekeen Alabi     Manzuma     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Bolaji Nagode     Tsaragi/Share     Amasa     Demola Banu     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Old Oyo     Doyin Group     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Mohammed Lawal     Monthly Sanitation     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Lanre Aremu     Aliyu U. Tilde     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Kwarareports.com     Oke-Odo     Ogbondoroko     Yahaya Dumoye     Garba Idris Ajia     Yusuf A. Usman     Bello Oyedepo     Memunat Monsuma     Ogidi-Oloje     Valsolar Consortium     Femtech     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Emir Of Lafiagi     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Suleman Abubakar     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Kwara 2015     Mamatu Abdullahi     Quran     HICA     Olayinka Olaogun     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Yahya Mohammed     Oke Sunna     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Ibrahim Oniye     Isaac Gbenle    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Umar Yakubu Jaja     Bayo Ojo     Galland Marcias     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Muhammed Aliyu     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Gabriel Fashanu     Shagari     Kwara State Governor     Jawondo     Orire     Paul Odama     AGF Abdulrazaq     High Court     COEASU     Barakat Community Secondary School     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Olupako     Ilorin Durbar     Adamu Atta     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     Iyeru Grammar School     Pacify Labs     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Oja-Oba     NURTW     Congress For National Consensus     National Broadcasting Commission     Kwara South     Kola Olota     Nigerian Army     Abdullahi Atanda     Amusa Bello     Obasanjo     Saduki Lafiagi     Aremu Odolaye     Undergraduate Bursary     Nupe     Segun Ogunsola     Oloje     Lithium     Kishira     Emir Of Lafiagi     Niyi Ogundiran     Afonja     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     ARMTI     Ijakadi     Lai Gobir     Valsolar     Saliu Ajia     Henry Makinwa     Maryam A. Garuba     Amosa     Hassan A. Saliu     Dagbalodo     Garba Dogo     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa     Haleeman Salman     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Nagode     Press Release     Marufat Oladosu     Gbugbu     George Innih     KW-GIS     Sobi     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence