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Alh Nurudeen Mohammed is one of the respected elder statesmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state. During the military era, he served many of the military administrators as their Commissioner for Finance till the return of Nigeria to civilian rule in 1999.
Alh Mohammed also went into politics and sought to become the governor of Kwara state on several occasions but he did not succeed. The APC chieftain,who had been an ally of President Muhammadu Buhari,during his days in the Congress for Progressive Change, (CPC) was appointed as Nigeria’s ambassador to Malaysia and Brunnei, from where he returned lately after his assignment.
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February 2, 2021
Kwara State Government on Tuesday got a legal green light to proceed with the building of the state secretariat on the controversial Ile Arugbo land in Ilorin, with the court striking out the case instituted by the former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, challenging the government’s take over of the land.
Justice Abiodun Adewara of the Ilorin High Court struck out the Saraki’s case for “lack of diligent prosecution.”
The judge struck out the case after the appellants Saraki’s Asa Investment Ltd again failed to call any witnesses to support their claim that the choice land belonged to the firm said to be owned by the late Olusola Saraki.
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The Kwara State Government has demolished another property belonging to the Sarakis, a day after Justice Abiodun Adewara of Kwara State High Court in Ilorin, struck out a suit challenging the demolition of Ile Arugbo, a property used by the late political kingmaker of Kwara state, Olusola Saraki, to host his supporters.
The judge said the appellants, Bukola Saraki’s Asa Investment Limited, again failed to call any witness to support their claim that the land belonged to late Olusola Saraki.
On Wednesday, Asa Investment condemned government’s hasty action.
A statement by Akin Onigbinde (SAN) called it reckless, illegal and glaring impunity, insisting that the matter was still in court.