I bought govt car for N70,000, Kwara ex-commissioner tells panel

Date: 2020-11-22

A former commissioner in Kwara State, Alhaji Kayode Yusuf, has narrated before Justice Olabanji Orilonishe-led judicial panel of inquiry on the sales of the state assets, that he bought a chalet which he occupied for 16 years at a sum of N8.8m and a Peugeot 307 car at N70,000.

Testifying before the panel, which sat in Ilorin on Saturday, Kayode narrated how he acquired a government-owned house at 2, Peter Tokula Street GRA, Ilorin in 2004.

Yusuf was also discovered to be unlawfully using vehicles with official number plates, years after leaving the government.

On the two vehicles with government number plates within his premises, Yusuf said a bus was given to him at Government House for campaign, adding that he deliberately put government house number plates on it.

He said the 307 car "was an abandoned car that the ministry of finance auctioned to me at the rate of about N70,000."

He added, "When the commission visited my house, I explained to them that the bus was for a campaign but I was the one who put Government House number (plates) on it. For the other one, Government House number plates were actually on the abandoned car that the ministry of finance sold to me at about N70,000. It is nothing to write home about. In fact, they have removed the engine.

"I don't have the bus papers because I didn't buy it. How can I buy a campaign vehicle? It was allocated to me and allocating a vehicle in Government House is just by your name or your office and the party."

Regarding the government-owned house he bought, he said, "I was given an appointment in 2003; the government allocated the two-bedroomed flat property to me in 2004. There were no windows, doors and asbestos (roofing) there.

"It was sold to me at the rate of N8.8m. I installed everything in the house. But the title was issued to me in March 2016."

Yusuf agreed with the panel's counsel, Joseph Bamigboye (SAN), that government chalets are reserved for government guests to save hotel costs, but alleged that the state executive council approved the sales of the chalets at that period.

When the chairman of the panel asked whether the property was valued before it was allocated to him, Yusuf said he was aware it was valued but the then government did not tell him the amount before he was asked to pay N8.8m.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ojuekun     Bolakale Saka     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Mike Omotosho     Okasanmi Ajayi     Gbenga Adebayo     Aremu Bose Deborah     Ambassador Kayode Laro     FERMA     Village Alive Development Association     Arinola Lawal     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     V.O. Abioye     Ndama Al-hassan     Agor Market     Ajike People Support Centre     Computer Based Test     Amasa     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Kayode Ibrahim     Temitope Ogunbanke     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     Opobiyi     Abdulganiy Abimbola Abdussalam     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Shonga     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Ado Ibrahim     Abubakar Suleiman     Dan Iya     Medview Airlines     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Moshood Mustapha     Guber Aspirant     Yahaya Dumoye     Kumbi Titiloye     General Hospital, Ilorin     Jani Ibrahim     Kwara Metro Park     Idiagbon     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Sai Kayi     Owode Market     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Mustapha Olanipekun     Umar Ahmed Gunu     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Binta Sulyman     Muhammad Yahya     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Kwara 2019     Kwara State Fire Service     Suleiman Abubakar     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Noah Yusuf     Lawal Jimoh     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Abdulazeez Uthman     Risikat Lawal     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Young Progressives Party     Ayo Salami     Sabi     Abdulraheem Olesin     SWAN     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Ilorin Central Mosque     Ojo Isekuse     GRA     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Pius Abioje     Oniwa     Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Olatunde Olukoya     Oniye     Abdulhakeem Amao     Ajikobi     Cornelius Adebayo     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Kishira     Islamic Development Bank     Maryam A. Garuba     Akanji     Sunday Fagbemi     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Joseph Daudu     Umaru Saro     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Bature Bello     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Otuka     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Makama Of Kaiama     Ganmo     Amos Sayo     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Bashiru Makama     General Hospital, Ilorin     Olohungbebe     Taofeeq Olateju     Yetunde Balogun     IsDB     Isa Aremu     Oluronke Adeyemi     Bashirat Bola Bello     Lateef Fagbemi     ASUU     Ilorin Muslim Community     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Alao Ayotunde     Bayo Lawal     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Balogun Ajikobi     IDPU     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Bolakale Ayo     Offorjama     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Sai Kayi     Ijakadi     Saadu Alanamu     Jelili Yusuf     Sun Qing Rong     General Hospital, Offa     Vasolar Consultoria     Saka Saadu     GRA     Ahmad Uthman     United Nigeria Airline     AbdulHamid Adi     Idiagbon     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Turaki     Laduba     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Temi Kolawole     Orisun Igbomina     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Saba Jibril     KWASEIC     Demola Banu     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     Olaoye B. Felix     Alabi Lawal     Abdulquawiy Olododo     Abubakar Ndakene     Abubakar Suleiman