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.

Susan Modupe Oluwole     Ilorin Emirate     Yomi Adeboye     HYPPADEC     Kawu     Ibrahim Labaika     NIRSAL     Abdulwahab Oba     Edret Sabi Abel     Balogun Ajikobi     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Yahaya Dumoye     Dairo Kunle Paul     Moji Makanjuola     Binta Abubakar Mora     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Olusola Saraki     Adewuyi Funmilayo     IFK     Tafida Of Ilorin     Pilgrims Board     Muhammadu Buhari     Kulende     KWSUED     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Bayer AG     Saheed Akinwumi     Rafiu Ibrahim     Ahmed Dankaya     Ileloke     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Jimba Babatunde     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Adedeji Onimago     Olupako Of Share     Elections     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     IQRA College     Abdullahi Biffo     Oke-opin     Iyeru Grammar School     Olatunji Bamgbola     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Presidential Election     GGDSS Pakata     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Nurudeen Muhammed     KWTV     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Ridwan Agboola     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Afolayan     Atiku Abubakar     JMK Construction Company Limited     Halimat Yusuf     Ayinde Oyepitan     NAWOJ     Femi Gbajabiamila     Elerinjare     Gurei     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Oniyangi     Ilorin South     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Sardauna     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Alliance For Democracy     Aro Yahaya     Dan Masanin     CT Ayeni     Law School Scholarship     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Harrison Osauwagboe     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Post-utme     Oke-Kura     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Doyin Group     Universal Basic Education Commission     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Atiku Abubakar     Baba Issa Awoye     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     CCEPE     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Dorcas Afeniforo     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Communication Network Support Services     Just Event Online     Students Union Government     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Ganiyu Taofiq     Adekunle David Dunmade     Sa\'adu Gambari     Sunday Fagbemi     Adegoke Bamidele     Hajj     Saheed Alakoso     Rotimi Atere     Apaola     TIC     Yahaya Oloriegbe     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Halimah Perogi     Kabir Shagaya     Curfew     Shettima Of Ilorin     Ibrahim Oniye     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Saka Abimbola Isau     Oloye     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Deji Ajani     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Olupako     Okala Baba     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Bolakale Saka     Pilgrims Board     Omoniyi     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Paul Olawoore     GRA     Manzuma     HICA     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Abatemi Usman     Ilorin Metro Park     Oja-Oba     Ishaq Salman     Modupe Oluwole     Chikanda     Makama Of Ilorin     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Oke-opin     Olaiya Zuberu     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Folorunsho Alao     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Kayode Zubair     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Rachael Obisesan     Yusuf Amuda Aluko