Police send men to guard revoked Saraki’s land
Kwara State Police Command on Tuesday sent police officers to the enormous scope of land having a place with the Second Republic Senate Leader, the late Dr Olusola Saraki, which the Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, disavowed on Friday.
AbdulRazaq had declared designs to build another secretariat on the land, which he guaranteed was gotten with no documentation, a case the quick past Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, denied.
Since the denial request was given on Friday, Abdulrazaq and Saraki had occupied with allegations and counter allegations over the land, which the state government said had a place with the Civil Service Clinic however which Saraki said had a place with his late father.
The Punch watched two police watch vehicles positioned around the property and cops watching the road.
It was additionally assembled that the nearness of the police officers in the region may be to avert the matured ladies who generally thronged the "philanthropy home" toward the finish of consistently to get money related endowments from the Saraki family from getting entrance into the office.
It was assembled from individuals leaving around the territory that the cops landed in the zone promptly in the first part of the day and our reporter who visited the Ilofa Street living arrangement of Dr Saraki at about 11am saw that the region was quiet while individuals were continuing on ahead without being attacked.
The Kwara Civil Service Clinic, which imparted a fence to the land in conflict (Ile Arugbo), took care of patients.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Ajayi Okasanmi, in his response said the sending of the security men was for security reason.
He stated, "It is essential to hinder breakdown of peace in the state following apparent media war trailing the issue and different responses from legislators on the issue."
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