[color=#006600][/color]Burglars have made an unprecedented break-in at the Kwara State Ministry of Finance, carting away undisclosed amounts of money as well as all documents, including their electronic backups, which detailed government transactions since 2003.

A top government functionary told SaharaReporters that the burglars first attempted to break into the
Accountant General’s office in the Ministry in the early hours of Friday, September 21, but the guards and the burglary-proof doors foiled the attack.
The attackers returned on Saturday night armed with different tools grenades and even a power generator with which they broke into the offices where the documents and money were kept, the source said.

The burglary story first surfaced on Twitter, where a whistleblower mentioned it last Tuesday, prompting a terse response from Dr. Muideen Akorede, Governor Abdulfattah Ahmed’s spokesman, who dubbed the incident a “robbery” that is investigation.

Akorede also made tacit confirmation of the foiled first attempt when, in a tweet, he wondered why someone would break into a place and return two days later, and called the document theft an effort to blackmail the government and its officials.

He severally parried questions asked by the whistleblower and others regarding the incident. For instance, he was quiet on why the government has treated the matter like an official secret and why security was not beefed up after the foiled first attack.

More than a week after the incident, neither the state government nor the police have spoken officially on the matter and it is not clear whether any arrest has been made.
Our source observed that having failed in their first attempt, the burglars returned to the same place in the early hours of Saturday September 22, this time armed with sophisticated weapons and equipment including a power-generating machine and grenades with which they blew up the door and other encumbrances.

Furthermore, he said that in the course of forcing their way into the place, the attackers injured and disarmed the two guardsmen, one of whom jumped the fence and ran to the Police Command (that night) to seek help to ward off the invaders.  But rather than follow the guardsman to the place, the police reportedly directed him to go and report the incident at Division C at Oja Oba in Ilorin, then to Area A which is in charge of the place, before returning to the State Police Command.

In the end, the sophisticated burglars successfully broke into the safe, took away all the hard currencies and Naira kept there, and, most importantly, made away with all the documents regarding financial transactions since 2003. They also broke into the computer room and retrieved all the electronic backups of all the documents they had stolen.


The incident, according to another source, is fuelling speculations about official cover-up of certain transactions that have been the subject of public scrutiny such as local government joint accounts, contracts and SUBEB funds, with critics drawing a parallel with a similar occurrence at the SGBN a few years ago when the Nuhu Ribadu-led EFCC was probing the insider trading that wrecked the bank.


The burglary, coming amid numerous investigations into the tenure of former Governor Bukola Sarakis in Kwara State, the SUBEB funds, as well as police claims in the N9.2b loan scam that Saraki used shares bought with state funds to stand surety for his private company are lending credence to the speculations of a cover up.
Saraki has denied any wrongdoing in the case, which he labels as political blackmail being sponsored by his traducers.

The police are yet to charge him in the case, but the Police Commissioner heading the Special Fraud Unit (SFU), Mr Tunde Ogunsakin, was reported as saying recently that investigations into the case have reached top gear and that it will soon be charged to court.
 
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May God purnish Bukola Saraki of Kwara State, there is no doubt that he is the major facilitator of this. Kwarans are not fools o, how can u just tell us this when there are other ministries out there. LMAO!!!

Eedris don sigh finish, Nigeria jagajaga infact really scatter scatter no more good news anymore.

This type of robbery cannot go without insider information, they should check themselves very well.

how nah?

Y are ur reporters always late&dead on arrival. Abeg dis na stale news jare

boYz aRE nOT sMILING!!!

Those thieves should be grateful they did not try this in Aluu community.
And by the way, were there no security officials @ d place at all?

The ministry is located adjacent the kwara state police headquarters. The police we learnt directed the guards to go to another station far from the crime scene. God help nigeria!

beentarh: May God purnish Bukola Saraki of Kwara State, there is no doubt that he is the major facilitator of this. Kwarans are not fools o, how can u just tell us this when there are other ministries out there. LMAO!!!

may God punish you too.may thunder scatter you as well for cursing the leader of all leaders AKA d GREAT LEADER AKA ABS. LONG MAY U LIVE&REIGN our Great Leader

Story,story, STORY

Story,story, STTOORRYY

tocineworld: The ministry is located adjacent the kwara state police headquarters. The police we learnt directed the guards to go to another station far from the crime scene. God help nigeria!

I don laaf tire!!!

insider job

Good News If You Ask Me.. More Of Thissssssssssssssss

i hope they take som cash

It is political. They know themselves,it didn't just happen

babarazy: i hope they take som cash

Hungry Man, i dont blame u. omo mama oni ponmo. Your mama dey chop eba for baba saraki house,how u no go talk. Mtchwwwww!!!!!

AB$I:
may God punish you too.may thunder scatter you as well for cursing the leader of all leaders AKA d GREAT LEADER AKA ABS. LONG MAY U LIVE&REIGN our Great Leader

All na lies. Na Belgium rat wey de inside the house go tell rat wey dey outside say fish and meat dey inside room.

No thieves broked into that office, the workers there are the thieves.

Furthermore, he said that in the course of forcing their way into the place, the attackers injured and disarmed the two guardsmen, one of whom jumped the fence and ran to the Police Command (that night) to seek help to ward off the invaders. But rather than follow the guardsman to the place, the police reportedly directed him to go and report the incident at Division C at Oja Oba in Ilorin, then to Area A which is in charge of the place, before returning to the State Police Comman

Thats Naija police style

9ja which way 9ja

AB$I:
may God punish you too.may thunder scatter you as well for cursing the leader of all leaders AKA d GREAT LEADER AKA ABS. LONG MAY U LIVE&REIGN our Great Leader

Who be dis one, may u sleep and eva wake up. u think say we say we no get sense again for kwara, y all of u PDP dey take us to b mumu now, a beg we don wise up oooo, noi body fit foul us ooo, say who die

This isn't a pretty picture.

SINCE 2 WEEKS AGO. THE BANK SELF DON FORGET SAY THIEVES CAME

Hmmm

Jason Statham and The Bank Job on my mind

Kwarans should hold Their politicians responsible for this trying to bury their crooked history

Weting dey pain pas b say see state police head quarter see SSS office dem no come see any any thing do, den come talk say make d poor man dey go oja make he go report see some thing oooo!!! Who b mumu

The hands are that of.............some dirty politicians.........

Good for them! Mtcheww

People like BUKOLA SARAKI, AHMED FATAI, GANI OLODODO,BIBIRE AJAPE need to be sent to ALUU Community for proper execution. They are just taking the advantage of poverty in Kwara to blindfold people more than before. But the time has come for people of kwara to rise up and say NO to all these thieves.

beentarh: Hungry Man, i dont blame u. omo mama oni ponmo. Your mama dey chop eba for baba saraki house,how u no go talk. Mtchwwwww!!!!!

thank God my mama dey still chop.ur own dey where dem no fit chop.omo mama oni kposi