Kwara State House of Assembly on Thursday said it directed the revocation of a Chalet gifted to former Governor Bukola Saraki because the property belongs to the state government and there is no evidence that the politician paid for it.

The House, in a statement by spokesman to the Speaker, Ibrahim Sheriff, in Ilorin, the state capital, said the allocation of the posh property to Saraki by the Abdulfattah Ahmed administration was in “violent violation” of the Kwara State former Governor’s Pension Law 2010 which had already taken care of him within the provisions of the law.

The statement was a response to a report in the Thisday of Wednesday in which the government was accused of witch-hunting the Sarakis, especially the former Senate President. The report had also claimed that the House’s resolution directing the government to reclaim the land on which the late Olusola Saraki erected his political headquarters, known as Ile Arugbo, was contrary to the promise of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of not witch-hunting anyone.

But the statement said the report had been written to express the sentiment of the politician and not to reflect the true situation of things in Kwara or encourage accountability.

The statement said the Ile Arugbo had been erected on a land originally meant for the expansion of the Civil Service Clinic and Phase II of the State Government Secretariat without any evidence that anyone paid a dime to the government for the land.

The House said the noise about the affected priorities was politically motivated as other public properties unlawfully taken over were also being looked into.

The statement read in part: “We dare say that allowing impunity to stand, no matter who is affected and how long ago it had taken place, is a disservice to the state and its people. It would be a signal to those coming that impunity pays and would be allowed to stand. The two developments upon which the article is based reek of impunity of the concerned party which the Thisday is apparently trying to protect for reasons not connected to the interest of Kwara and its people.

“Apart from the fact that the purported sale of the Alimi Chalet did not conform to the Kwara State former Governors' Pension Law 2010, as amended, which incidentally was the brainchild of Senator Bukola Saraki, we contend that there is no record anywhere that Senator Saraki paid a dime to have the property transferred to him. The transfer only fits into what the late Fela Anikulapo called 'paddy-paddy' arrangement. Unfortunately, despite expositions made in the findings of the House Committee on Land Housing and Urban Development about the illegal acquisition of the Alimi Chalet, ThisDay publication only relied on comments by Senator Saraki's sympathizers to form opinion of acclaimed due process in acquisition of the property.

“We challenge the affected party to prove the contrary to not just the people of Kwara but to the entire world they are trying to instigate by presenting evidence of payment for the property. The Pension Law took adequate care of the former Governor. The pension law allows ex-governors a five bedroom duplex, as opposed to the Alimi Chalet, which consists of three (3) separate Chalets with 3 boys’ quarters of 3 rooms each, and therefore does not fit into the recommendation of the Pension Law of 2010. Also, aside from the 3 houses on over one hectare of land on Alimi Road that was supposedly given to Saraki under the State Pension Law, Senator Saraki also got N250 million under the same Pension Law to build another retirement home for himself. The said Alimi Chalet, which was gifted to him, is the property of the people of Kwara State and was never contemplated as a gift to former Governors.

“Is the ThisDay saying we should allow such transfer of public property, built with taxpayers' money for the use of serving officials, to individuals in the name of peace or a non-existent promise? Shall we remind ThisDay that there can never be peace without justice and fairness?

“We also insist that the ThisDay got its information completely wrong about the Ile Arugbo. The said property was erected on a land earmarked in the State Government Gazette for the expansion of the Kwara State Civil Service Clinic and construction of Phase 2 of the Kwara State Government Secretariat. There is no record anywhere that a kobo was paid on the land by the Asa Investments Limited, the firm to which the land was transferred on May 9, 1991. There is also no record that the owners of the said Ile Arugbo ever paid a dime to the government coffers. It was just a case of whimsical transfer of public property to individuals without any documentation or financial payment justifying such. We want to place it on record that this is only a part of efforts to return sanity to the state. We will be bequeathing a bad legacy to generations unborn if we ever close our eyes to such impunity in the name of politics.”

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