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| Bukola Saraki |
Yesterday,
the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin, granted an ex-parte injunction
restraining the Kwara State Government from further demolition of late Olusola
Saraki’s property.
The
building also known as Ile Arugbo served as the political home of the late
Kwara politician during his lifetime and after his demise.
Recall
that the verdict to demolish the building was delivered in Ilorin, the state
capital and the court also said the state government should not go near the
land, “either to construct or do anything on the land pending the determination
of the Motion on Notice.”
However,
according to TheNation newspaper, one of the family’s lawyers, Abdulazeez
Ibrahim, said that the order is yet to be served on the parties concerned
“because the injunction was secured almost at the close of work on Monday”.
“It was
true that we secured a court injunction against the state government, but it
took place at the closing hours, so no enroll order was available for the
concerned parties,” he was quoted to have said.
In reaction to the statement, the
Kwara State Government said it has not been served any court order.
The
Communication Commissioner, Murtala Olanrewaju, stated this while making some
clarifications on Monday night.
He said
the property demolished was a ‘shed’ occasionally used for political gathering
and “not any home belonging to old people”.
“Contrary
to the claims by the opposition, the physical reclamation of the property by
the government on 2 January 2020 was without any incident. Nobody was met on
the property. It was never a place where people lived in, so the question of
ejecting, maltreating or deploying violence against anyone did not arise. No
court process has been served on the government.”
Mr
Olanrewaju alleged that the whole narrative about government demolishing old
people’s home was a fabrication by the opposition “to cover up for their lack
of any document confirming their ownership of the property bordering the civil
service clinic in Ilorin, the state capital.”
“The
property is one of the over 100 government assets in GRA, Ilorin Kwara State,
Victoria Island Lagos, Kaduna, and Abuja investigated by the Asset Recovery
Committee led by Senator Suleiman Ajadi, which were unlawfully converted to
private use. Until its physical reclamation, the property comprised only of
sheds,” Mr Olanrewaju said.
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