We demolished only a shed, not the entire building- Kwara Govt responds

Kwara State Government has reacted to news fast making the rounds that it demolished old peoples home in Kwara State.

Responding via its State Commissioner for Communication, Alhaji Muritala Olanrewaju, he said the property demolished was a shed occasionally used for political gathering and never a place where old women were being quartered.

Praising the giant strides of AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, he said stories about the demolition were all lies to generate cheap political scores.

He explained that the property is under the Government's investigation.

“The property is one of the over 100 government assets in GRA, Ilorin, Victoria Island Lagos, Kaduna and Abuja investigated by the Asset Recovery Committee led by Senator Suleiman Ajadi.

“The properties were unlawfully converted to private use.

“Until its physical reclamation, the property comprised only of sheds.

“The property was never an old people’s home, nor was it residential; nobody lived there.

“The property has always been a security risk. No fewer than 97 people, mostly women, have died in mysterious stampedes in that facility as they scampered for handouts.

“There were yearly mass deaths in the said property in November 2010, June 2011, and October 2013.

“A google search will instantly reveal these sordid facts which were widely published in the media.

“Contrary to the claims by the opposition, the physical reclamation of the property by the government on 2 January 2020 was without any incident.

“Nobody was met on the property. It was never a place where people lived in, so the question of ejecting, maltreating or deploying violence against anyone did not arise.

“No court process has been served on the government,” the commissioner said.

The commissioner said the mobilisation of women to protest the demolition was another ploy to portray the Government in bad light.