Ancestral Land: Ilorin Elders Raise Fresh Posers for Kwara Govt

Date: 2013-02-11

Kwara State Government's admission that it has leased out the controversial Ilorin Old (Yidi) Praying Ground is raising fresh dust.

Kwara Information Commissioner, Tunji Moronfoye, had at the weekend said Mrs Toyin Saraki had nothing to do with the transaction and confirmed for the first time that it had leased out the land.

Following the admission, the elders challenging the transaction in court on Monday challenged the government to tell the public whether a lessee is entitled to Certificate of Occupancy of a property being leased out.

"If it is a lease, how come Kwara State Government is issuing Artee with a Certificate of Occupancy? Is a lessee entitled, in law, to C of O or title document of a leased property?" the elders asked in a statement issued in Ilorin and signed by all the litigants, Dr. Saliu Ajibola Ajia, Dr. Sa'ad Omoiya, and Alhaji Saleh Duro Garba.

The statement added: "We are not surprised at the government and its hirelings trying to outdo one another in defence of Mrs Toyin Saraki, as typified in a story titled 'Kwara exonerates Toyin Saraki.' Gladly too, Kwara State Government finally admitted it has indeed 'leased out' the Old Yidi (Praying Ground), contrary to the earlier denials.

We are not bothered at this unusual sycophancy and the double speak in the statement issued by the Information Commissioner, Tunji Moronfoye."So we ask, assuming without conceding that the land was merely 'leased out', the lease is for how many years and for how much?

"On its defence of Mrs Saraki, the government should tell the public how many such philanthropic gestures did she make before 2003 and how many has she since 2011? Where did she get the money for the gesture?

"And why is the state govt defending an individual? Why using public fund to defend an individual? Why is the government more concerned about the image of an individual, a non-government official, who is a co-defendant than in defending the government which is also a defendant in the case?"

Related

Kwara Govt Exonerates Toyin Saraki from Lease of Amusement Park

Saraki Denies Wife's Involvement in Sale of Ilorin Amusement Park

Alleged Sale of Ancestral Lands: Ilorin Senior Citizens Drag KWSG to Court

Ancestral Land: Only court can exonerate your wife, Ilorin elders reply Saraki

Group Urges Peace in Saraki, Elders' Land Dispute

Groups, NLC Chief Urge Caution over Kwara Land, Offa-Erin-Ile Crises

Alleged Sale of Ancestral Lands: Ilorin Senior Citizens Drag KWSG to Court

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Sadiq Buhari     Oba Abdulraheem     NFAI     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Simeon Ajibola     Unilorin FM     Funmi Salau     Zainab Abass     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Rebecca Bake     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     James Ayeni     Sheikh Ariyibi     Islamic Development Bank     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     Mamman Saba Jibril     Saadu Alanamu     Kaiama     Oloye     Kale Ayo     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Kwara Polytechnic     Lanre Aremu     Opobiyi     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Ibrahim Mashood     Omoniyi Ayinla     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     National Information Technology Development Agency     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Jimoh Bashir     Omu Aran     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Pakata Development Association     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Offorjama     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Oye Tinuoye     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Haliru Yahaya     Village Alive Development Association     Okala Baba     Ramat Oganija     YAKOOYO     Kwara State Polytechnic     Tosho Yaqub     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Ilorin International Airport     ASMAU PLAZA     Alabe     Ijagbo Health Centre     Chief Of Staff     Al-Adaby     David Adesina     Oja-Oba     Asa LGEA School     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Femtech     Okin Group     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     IQRA College     April 11     Tunde Yusuf     Charcoal     Bilikis Oladimeji     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     IFK     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Segun Abifarin     Baaziki Sulaiman     Abatemi-Usman     Muftau Akanbi Oke    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Odo-Owa     Mustapha Olanipekun     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Tayo Alao     Oni Adebayo     Issa Manzuma     Raymond Olaitan     Kolade Solagberu     Roseline Oni Aremu     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Azeez Bello     Danladi     Makama     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Tsaragi-Share     Mashood Dauda     Salihu Yahaya     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Kwara Central     Ganiyu Abolarin     Trader Moni     Kwara University Of Education     Emir Of Kano     Ibrahim Bio     Saka Adeyemo     Muhammed Danjuma     Ayedun     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Jumoke F. Ajao     AbdulHamid Adi     Kayode Yusuf     Taofeek Ibraheem     Obayomi Azeez     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Umar Saro     Ayegbeni     Baaziki Sulaiman     Ado Ibrahim     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     NSCIA     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Mohammed Halidu     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     Rihanat Ajia     Joseph Bamigboye     Susan Modupe Oluwole     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Aliyu U. Tilde     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Tope Daramola     Al-Ilory     Communication Network Support Services     Ademola Kiyesola     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Ekiti     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Earlyon Technologies     Marafan Shonga     John Olobayo     Bashir Adigun     Bisi Kristien     Okoolowo     National Information Technology Development Agency     James Kolo     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Sabo-Oke     Pakata     Afonja     Tayo Awodiji     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Ilorin Muslim Community     Alimi     Mike Omotosho     Reuben Paraje