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A day after a court dismissed a suit challenging its demolition of Ile Arugbo, a property used by the late political kingmaker of Kwara state, Olusola Saraki, to host his supporters, the state government on Wednesday resumed clearing of the disputed land on which the property is sited.
The state government demolished the property in 2020, claiming the land on which it was built was illegally acquired. It said the land was originally designated for the construction of the second phase of the state secretariat.
Children of Mr Saraki, Bukola and Gbemisola, accused Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, whose election in 2019 ended the Saraki’s 20 years of unbroken control of government in the state, of trying to destroy their father’s legacy.