Date: 2020-02-07

Based on the agreement reached on January 24, 2020 by the counsel to Kwara state government and Asa Investment Ltd on the need to settle the issue of the demolished Ile Arugbo out of court, representatives of the two parties on Thursday held a reconciliation meeting.

The meeting lasted one hour and 10 minutes, starting at 3.50 P.M and ended at 5 .00 P.M and was held behind closed doors at the Governor's office, Ilorin.

Counsel to Asa Investment Ltd AbdulAzeez Ibrahim was the first to come out of the meeting's venue at exactly 5.07P.M.

Responding to reporter's inquiry, Ibrahim simply said: "We are still at negotiating stage. We are yet to conclude. The meeting has ended for now. We are meeting again on Tuesday by 4.00 P.M .That is all we can say for now" .

Also speaking, the state Attorney General and commissioner for Justice and Attorney General Salman Jawondo said: "We have started discussion, we had very frank talk. We are still discussing. We are meeting again on Tuesday at 4.00 P.M" The state High Court, sitting in Ilorin, had on January 15, 2020 advised parties in the suit to in the interest of peace, explore an out of court settlement over the disputed land on which Saraki's Ile Arugbo was built