Sallah tragedy: Group mourns victims, faults Saraki critics

Date: 2013-10-22

A group, the Kwara Rights Agenda, has faulted those criticising a former governor of the state and senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial District, Dr. Bukola Saraki, over the stampede in Ilorin that led to the death of some people.

It will be recalled that no fewer than 10 people died during a stampede in Ilorin on October 16, while struggling for gifts presented to them by Saraki and the Peoples Democratic Party.

The group, in a statement by its Coordinator, Babafemi Ifedayo, said rather than criticise Saraki, he should be praised for sustaining a legacy of giving instituted by his father and Second Republic Senate Leader, late Dr. Olusola Saraki.

Ifedayo lamented the death of the victims, saying it was unfortunate that there was a stampede during this year's Sallah benevolence.

He said, "Unfortunately, this sad and unfortunate incident falls into the political schemings of some disgruntled elements who, instead of mourning the dead, want to take advantage of the situation to rubbish the good deeds of a man whose watchword has been service to his people."

"This programme, unlike the impression being given by these opportunists, has been in existence for years without any untoward development."

Ifedayo added that the incidence was a coincidence, stating that Sallah was not the only time the Sarakis render assistance to people.

He said, "Those who want to capitalize on this unfortunate development will not remember that the Sarakis, right from the early days of late Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki, have been giving scholarships to different categories of students, sending thousands of people on pilgrimage, feeding the hungry and housing the homeless.

"While we pray for the repose of the souls of the dead, we also urge those trying to make political capital out of the development to have a rethink and not discourage a man who has been doing all in his powers to empower his people."

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

KWATMA     Bureau Of Lands     March 28     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Aiyedun     Makama Of Kaiama     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Rex Olawoye     Kamaldeen Gambari     Musibau Akanji     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Shade Omoniyi     CACOVID Palliatives     John Olobayo     CCB     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     Olatomiwa Williams     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Akeem Olatunji     KW-GIS     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Col. Taiwo     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     JAAC     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Marufat Oladosu     Jaiz Bank     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Pakata     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Emir Of Ilorin     Okin Biscuits     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Mustapha Akanbi     Raliat Islamic Foundation     General Hospital, Offa     UITH     Alikinla     20 Billion Bond     Abatemi-Usman     Sulyman Buhari     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Abubakar B.M     Abdulwaheed Musa     Madawaki     Binta Sulyman     Kwara Central     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Prince Bola Ajibola     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Ileloke     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Oya State     Oba Abdulrahim     Maryam Ado Bayero     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     JAMB     Patience Jonathan     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Adeleke Ogungbe     KWSUED     Kazeem Adekanye     Taofeek Sanusi     Ajidagba     Shuaib Jawondo     Www.Kwarareports.com     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Kwara Basketball Association     Bolakale Saka     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Ahmed Bayero    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Tunde Saad     Roheemat Hammed     Quareeb     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Saliu Mustapha     Solomon Edojah     Alikinla     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Sambo Murtala     Ibrahim Akaje     IsDB     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Balikis Jawondo     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     Amule     Pacify Labs     Boko Haram     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Musa Yeketi     Kwara Politics     Oyedepo     Ekiti     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Musibau Akanji     Bilikis Oladimeji     Fulani     Alfa Yahaya Road     Shaaba Lafiagi     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Suleiman Abubakar     College Of Education     Sidikat Alaya     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Harrison Osauwagboe     Muhammed Akanbi     Al-Adaby     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Onilorin     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Towoju     Abatemi Usman     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Federal Allocation     Olateju Lukman     Kazeem Gbolagade     Bello Abubakar     Cornelius Adebayo     Ilorin Emirate     Femi Oladiji     Royal FM     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Bankole Omishore     UITH     Neo Mundo Ltd     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Olomu     Bamikole Omishore     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     Riskat Opakunle     Galland Marcias     Bayo Lawal     Oloriegbe     CACOVID Palliatives     Ben Duntoye     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Sulyman Buhari     Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu     FOMWAN     Amosa     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Aliyu Muyideen     Ahmed Idris Mohammed