Senate President Bukola Saraki, who stoned
yesterday with rocks and water sachets by an irate
mob at the Eid Prayer Grounds in Ilorin, Kwara
State, has accused Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of
leaving him vulnerable and open to attack, an aide of the
governor has told SaharaReporters.
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State
Our source added that Governor Ahmed confided in aides
and the traditional ruler of Ilorin that the Senate President
made himself the target of furious crowd because he failed
to listen to security reports and advice urging him to stay
away from Ilorin during the Sallah holiday.
A security source corroborated the governor’s sentiment.
According to him, security agencies in the state had been
aware of public anger against the governor and Mr. Saraki,
especially as information circulated among residents about
the size of the senator’s assets and personal wealth. He
added that many people in the state, among them
unemployed youth and workers who are owed arrears of
salaries, felt that the Saraki family had exploited them for
years.
A reporter in the state also told SaharaReporters that
rumors circulated widely that Governor Ahmed had given
Mr. Saraki N1 billion from Federal bailout funds meant to
clear several months of salary arrears to workers. “Whether
it’s true or not, the rumors were making the rounds. And
they made many people incensed against the governor and
Senator Saraki,” the reporter said.
Other sources in the state disclosed that a few local imams
(Islamic preachers), shocked by media reports about Mr.
Saraki’s obscene wealth, revealed in his past asset
declarations, preached about the senator’s greed.
“Once we heard what the preachers were saying in
mosques, we warned the governor [Ahmed] to avoid any
public outing as it was clear that people [were] angry and
waiting to attack him and his godfather, former Governor
Saraki,” one of our security sources said.
He added that, days before the Sallah festivities, security
agents had seen piles of stones hidden in drainages around
the prayer ground, and told the governor about it.
An aide of the governor told SaharaReporters that Governor
Ahmed, in turn, communicated his concerns to Mr. Saraki in
Abuja. “But Senator Saraki continued to feel that he was
popular in Kwara State, especially in Ilorin,” said the
governor’s aide. “He would not agree to exercise caution
because he wanted to show his popularity after his ego was
bruised at the Code of Conduct Bureau,” the aide added.
Mr. Saraki was last week arraigned at a tribunal for false
declaration of assets.
Ignoring all security warnings, the Senate President
reportedly ordered the governor to arrange a series of high
profile events for him in the state capital. The events
proposed by the embattled senator included meet and greet
at the Ilorin Airport on his arrival in the state.
A few days before Senator Saraki’s arrival, the airwaves
were saturated with radio announcements calling on
politicians and civil servants in the state to welcome the
former governor at the airport. In the end, the event was
abruptly canceled when security agencies warned that
protesters were planning to launch an attack on Mr. Saraki
at the airport.
SaharaReporters learned that, a night before the Sallah
prayers, Governor Ahmed told Senator Saraki that he would
not attend Eid prayers at the Ilorin praying grounds on
account of adverse security reports. But Mr. Saraki was not
deterred, said our sources. Instead, he ordered his aides to
scout the length and breadth of Ilorin and surrounding
towns in order to mobilize a huge crowd to show up and
sing his praises at the prayer grounds.
On Sallah, Governor Ahmed headed for his hometown,
avoiding showing up in Ilorin.
Meanwhile, Mr. Saraki arrived at the venue where he was
initially serenaded by a retinue of hired praise singers.
However, shortly after the formal prayer events started,
with the Chief Imam presiding, and the Emir of Ilorin, Sulu
Gambari, next to him, protesters started shouting “Ole!
Ole!” (meaning thief in Yoruba). Pandemonium soon ensued
as the angry crowd began hurling rocks at the VIP tent.
Prayers were aborted as Mr. Saraki and a coterie of other
religious and political officials were smuggled out of the
prayer grounds. The police, army and civil defense agents
had a hectic time clearing the way for the dignitaries to
escape. Several eyewitnesses disclosed that the security
agents fired teargas and live bullets to scare the rampaging
protesters.
In a public relations stunt, Senator Saraki quickly arranged
a short press conference where some hired youth chanted
his praise in the background as he spoke for a minute or
two before he fled.
Our source, who is an aide of the governor, told
SaharaReporters that Mr. Saraki was also displeased with
the governor’s media team for issuing a statement
condemning the attack on Senator Saraki and other VIPs.
The embattled Senator Saraki felt that the statement
undermined his earlier denial that he was not the target of
the stone-throwing protesters.
Mr. Saraki had handpicked Mr. Ahmed to succeed him as
the governor of Kwara State. State workers are being owed
salaries for the last five months, a development that is seen
as the result of Mr. Saraki’s financial mismanagement
during his eight-year stint as state governor.

http://saharareporters.com/2015/09/25/ilorin-attack-saraki-upset-kwara-governor-who-responds-“we-warned-you”

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'OFFICER THUNDER FIRE YOU'
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Hmm, more revelation...

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Reading

you see ya life

Hmmm

Sharia reporter again

When I saw the headline, I knew the news will be coming from fake and irresponsible media house or reporters. So instead of reading the news I scrolled down first to see the source and it was "THEM" Sahara Reporters. There's no need reading lies from lieing liers.

Only a morbid fool will swallow this junk report from sahara reporters

This is the fact of the matter. People of Kwara are angry seriously with Saraki.
Go to the streets of Ilorin and hear what the people are saying and you will know better.
The ground for what happened to Saraki on sallah day has been prepared for since the day his assets became known after CCB charges against him.
Nearly everyone on the streets of Ilorin were angry.
You don't need any security report to know what will happen if Saraki is physically present on the streets of kwara.
So, what happened to Saraki on sallah day was expected.

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The way this shukwudi is dying for Saraki self, wait oo, i thought igbos dont have anything to do with Fulani? How come the support the corrupt dingbats is getting from SE is enormous? NOW, I KNOW THE REAL SLAVES IN NAIJA!

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