OPINION: Return of Ile-Arugbo by Mutiu Olagunju

Date: 2020-08-07

Some months ago, the state was thrown into turmoil. The Kwara State Government reclaimed a piece of land reportedly belonging to the Asa Investment, a company owned by the late Dr Olusola Saraki (alias Baba Saraki) for being illegally and unlawfully acquired. Instead of eating the humble pie, his children and allied forces took to the media to smear Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for taking back what belongs to the state from them. The return has come.

The campaign of calumny was legendary. No names in the dictionary that he was not called. Senator Bukola Saraki in his treatise even said that the governor 'crossed the line.' Eight months down the line, Kwarans are getting to know who is a habitual liar and an unrestrained breaker of every moral sanctity if the latest court judgement is for the take.

The Kwara State High Court earlier today lifted the interim injunction restraining the state government from the repossession of the Ile- Arugbo land following the repeated failure of counsel to the Sarakis to appear before the court to fully prosecute the case.

The land which is purportedly owned by the late Dr Olusola Saraki became a legal subject when his children took the Kwara State Government to court after it was reclaimed. The government has always argued that it was unlawfully taken over by the firm without any right of occupancy or payment to the owner, the state government, and made no pretence of it.

Sadly, the governor became a subject of a coordinated attack. They unleashed the media and even attempted to rouse the public against him to cover their unholy tracks. Sadly, that was the culture in the Kwara of yesterday. The good thing is all the acts of impunity and crass greed for properties are well documented. It is no coincidence that the truth is finally coming to light: we had such a legion of looters as leaders who are still unrepentant about it!

If they were, they wouldn't have taken the government to court for a doomed cause. It is evident how they have been absent from court sessions that they brought lies to the market in daylight, only the blind one would buy it. For the umpteenth time, they couldn't provide evidence to their claims and shame wouldn't let them show up. When the Hon Justice Abiodun Adewara could no longer stomach their hanky panky, the Court lifted the injunction on Ile Arugbo and awarded penalties against Asa investment. It is a very fair judgement.

Our courts must be fair and resolute in the face of impunity. I hope the Sarakis grow courage and show up in court on the 23rd and 24th of September to put faces to the highest hoax ever. Perhaps they would do better than their actor counsel, Akin Onigbinde (SAN), who has acted all the scenes in the world to buy time for this funny case. I am particularly concerned at this point he may be racing to a medal as the most dramatic counsel. Hat off.

This legal gymnastics reinforces my belief that no one, no matter how strong and brilliant, fights against the truth and wins. Whereas the Sarakis felt they had all the money and power to deny Kwarans what originally belongs to us, the reality is making a punk of the stone-hearted pen robbers. The Lord, verily, never takes the side of the oppressors.

This time his band of unexposed and spineless propagandists would better be busy finding the one who 'kolobi-ed' the sum of 250k for Sallah than inundating Kwarans with another of their lies from the pit of hell. They are up against the truth and can never win with lies!

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Jare Olatundun     Abubakar Usman Jos     Tsaragi     Ilorin West     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Medview Airlines     Micheal Imoudu     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Kwara Polytechnic     Yetunde Balogun     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Mohammed Lawal     Salihu Alhaji Musa     IsDB     Sarah Jubril     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Yekeen Alabi     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Ibrahim Abikan     Baba Isale     Abraham Ojo     Kulende-UITH     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     School Of Nursing     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Aliyu Alhassan     Pacify Labs     Rashidi Yekini     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Kola Bukoye     KWASEIC     Oniwasi Agbaye     Lafia Aliyu Korasabi     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Tunde Kazeem     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Yusuf Aiyedun     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Oke-Ogun     Ayo Salami     Taofik Mustapha     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Apaokagi     National Information Technology Development Agency     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     Chikanda     Umar Adelodun     James Ayeni     Innocent Okoye     Farouk Salim     Amada Jidda     2017 Budget     Ramadan     Okin Biscuits     Alapansapa     Taofik Abdulkareem     Justina Oha     Isiaq Khadeejah     Wahab Abayawo     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Ramat Oganija     Dan-Kazeem     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Voices Of Tomorrow     Minimum Wage     High Court     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Senate Presidency     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Niyi Ogundiran     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     NITDA     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Femtech     Yunus Lawal     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Kwara United     Idris Garba     Tuesday Assayomo     Dairo Kunle Paul     Simeon Sayomi     Ubandoma     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Yusuf Lanre Badmas     Patigi Regatta     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Alabe     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Ubandawaki     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Wasiu Odewale     Sadiq Buhari     Aliyu Alhassan     Obayomi Azeez     YAKOOYO     Alfa Belgore     Doyin Group     Sebastine Obasi     Illyasu Abdullahi     Dan-Kazeem     Iyiola Oyedepo     Abiodun Oyedepo     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Old Oyo     Adisa Logun     General Hospital, Offa     Babs Iwarere     Saka Saadu     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Adama Isa     Olam Food Ingredients     National Democratic Congress     Musa Alhassan Buge     Sam Okaula     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Kolade Solagberu     Maigida     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     International Aviation College     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Damilola Yusuf     Eleyele     AbdulRaheem Ahmad Shayi     Oniye     Fatai Olodo     Sarah Alade     Orisa Bridge     Ojuekun Sarumi     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Maja     Kwara Central     Issa Manzuma     Moji Makanjuola     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Bio Ibrahim     Yusuf Aiyedun     Ahmad Uthman     Kulende     Mustapha Akanbi     Moshood Mustapha     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Taofeek Sanusi     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Onilu     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation