A former president of the Senate President, Dr. AbuBukola Saraki, has declared that the Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has crossed the line of decency with his recent efforts to erase the legacies of his (Saraki’s) late father, Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki
He, however said, “No evil design, negative plot or propaganda can successfully rewrite the history of Kwara State.”
Saraki, made this known in a statement he personally signed and released in Lagos on Saturday.
He stated that the war of attrition waged against the legacy of his father and everything that belongs to the late politician simply portrayed the Governor as a man who lacks the sense of history.
He also alleged that the Governor set out only to fight the Saraki family but not to serve the interest of Kwarans.
The statement read, “Yesterday (Friday) night, the Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq finally showed his true colour when he announced his decision to revoke the ownership of a property rightfully held by my late father, Dr. Olusola Abubakar Saraki on Plots 1, 3 and 5 Ilofa Road, GRA, Ilorin popularly known as Ile Arugbo, (Old People’s home).
“The property, since the Second Republic, has always been used to host the weekly gathering of a multitude of aged people in the society who are provided food, money and health services, as part of the social welfare programme sponsored by the late politician. The tradition has since been maintained.
“Before now, this same Governor had invited all the members of the State House of Assembly and directed them to commence the process of amending the law to change the name of the State University which the last administration renamed after my late father, Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki.
“He then followed up on this act of vengeance by initiating a bill to rename the University and expunge the name of the late Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki.
“Now, he has decided to also revoke the titles of the landed property which belongs to the late politician.”
Saraki described as self disillusion, the alleged plans by Abdulrazaq to be the last administration in Kwara State.
He explained that the property had been rightfully allocated to his late father under the name of one of his companies, Asa Investment Limited, since the 1980s.
He added that contrary to the claim of the Governor, the land was properly allocated and a Right of Occupancy title issued on it.
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