By Our Reporter
Ilorin (Precise Post) – The Kwara state government has denied that the property demolished in the early hours of Thursday belong to Saraki family, saying that the reclaiming land is a public property spuriously transfered to a private firm.
The government disclosing this Thursday afternoon in a press statement signed by Rafiu Ajakaye, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, said “the land was (and still is) a public property originally meant for the construction of Govt Secretariat, a Civil Service Clinic, and a parking lot for the two.
“However, ownership of the property was spuriously transfered to a private firm, and for commercial purpose, without the firm paying a kobo to the government or obtaining the Certificate of Occupancy.
The statement further said that “what the Government has done is to reclaim the land in the spirit of what it was originally meant for.”
The statement reads:
“The property being reclaimed by the Kwara State Government is not Saraki’s ancestral home as is being portrayed in some section of the media. Saraki’s ancestral home is in Agbaji (Ilorin) while the property at issue is used for political meetings in the heart of the GRA, Ilorin.
“The Government’s position is that the land was (and still is) a public property originally meant for the construction of Govt Secretariat, a Civil Service Clinic, and a parking lot for the two. However, ownership of the property was spuriously transfered to a private firm — and for commercial purpose — without the firm paying a kobo to the government or obtaining the Certificate of Occupancy.
“What the Government has done is to reclaim the land in the spirit of what it was originally meant for.
“Thank you! Compliments of the season.”
