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.

Tunji Folami     Ibrahim Akaje     Aliyu Sabi     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Laboratory-to-Product     Kale Belgore     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Oye Tinuoye     Kola Ologbondiyan     Eghe Igbinehi     TESCOM     Logun     Oloye     Charles Ibitoye     Gambari     Sa\'adu Gambari     Mamatu Abdullahi     Kawu Baraje     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Sobi Hill     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Wasiu Odewale     Saraki     Ahmad Ali     Ayodele Shittu     Abubakar Suleiman     LABTOP     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Ileloke     Aminu Adisa Logun     Bolakale Saka     Amos Sayo     New Naira Notes     Moshood Mustapha     Adebara     Mohammed Halidu     Emir Of Yashikira     Saad Omo Iya     Admiralty Villa     Saduki Lafiagi     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Sabo-Oke     Michael Nzwekwe     Sherif Shagaya     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Kwara Central     KWAFFA     Adesoye College     Yusuf Mubarak     Bankole Omishore     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Sabitiyu Grillo     Kayode Alabi     Senate     Oloriegbe     Abraham Ojo     CBT     Moses Adekanye     Halimat Yusuf     University Road     Adamu Atta     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Zulu Gambari     Shururat Olatinwo     Wale Oladepo     GRA     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Kwara Politics     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Taofik Abdulkareem     Pakata Patriots     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Kola Bukoye     Aliyu Muhammed     Abatemi Usman     Amuda Aluko    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Isapa     SSA Youth Engagement     Kola Ologbondiyan     Salihu Ajia     Azeez Bello     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Lanre Olosunde     Baakini     Saidu Kawu     Tsado Manman     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Mohammed Abduraheem     Just Event Online     AbdulHamid Adi     Yaru     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Funmilayo Mohammed     Memunat Monsuma     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Turaki Of Ilorin     Saka Adeyemo     Aliyu Muyideen     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     BIR     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Femtech     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Centre For Digital Economy     Mahe Abdulkadir     Ajia-Bako     Hauwa Nuru     KWASEIC     Ghali Alaaya     Mohammed Halidu     CBT     Habeeb Saidu     Shururat Olatinwo     Solomon Edojah     Tafida Of Kaiama     New Model Police Station     Michael Nzwekwe     Yinka Aluko     Pakata Development Association     Umar Ayinla Saro     Olaiya Zuberu     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Afolayan     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Read With Me     Olatunji Ibrahim     Woro     Aso-ofi     Patience Jonathan     Ajike People Support Centre     Lawal Olohungbebe     FOMWAN     Funmilayo Zubair     Oniyangi     Saad Omo Iya     Sunday Otokiti     IHS     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Oluronke Adeyemi     Gobir     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Salman Jawondo     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Bank Of Industry     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Amos Justus Sayo     Isa Aremu     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     TIIDELab