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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) condemned the demolition as “wicked, cowardly and a direct recipe for crisis in the state.”
It said the action was not only borne out of hatred and political intolerance but a furtherance of a larger plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration “to intimidate and silence opposition in our country, in the bid to foist a siege mentality on the citizenry”.
The PDP, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbodiyan, dismissed the reasons given by the state government for the demolition baseless, false and incongruous.
It added: “They fail to add up, to justify the ferocious invasion, harassment of citizens and demolition of the said property.
“The APC-led Kwara State government could not wait for the outcome of the court process apparently because it knows that it is pursuing an illegal agenda.”.
The PDP cautioned the APC and the Kwara State government against crossing the boundaries and stretching the forbearance of the people, which it said was already causing tension that could trigger serious unrest in the country.”
It assured Saraki of support and cautioned the state government to henceforth steer clear of the property.”
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The statement added: “Nigerians know how the APC and its government have been hounding, harassing and dragging Senator Saraki around over trumped-up charges, for daring to be among compatriots at the forefront of the quest to rescue our nation from misrule and strangleholds of the APC and its cabal.
“The APC and Kwara state government should perish their idea of trying to use false claims and propaganda to justify their wicked act and take over the property, as such cannot hoodwink Nigerians from the truth.
“Moreover, the timing of the invasion and demolition, in the wee hours and under the cover of darkness, is a direct indication that the state government was carrying out an unwholesome and condemnable operation during which defenceless women were fired with gunshots.”
The PDP advised Nigerians to note that the demolition of property, genuinely belonging to opposition leaders and other Nigerians perceived to be opposed to APC’s oppressive administration, has become a policy of the APC..
Also, the Kwara State PDP chairman Kola Shittu, described the action of the government as too extreme.
He said: “Governor Abdulrazaq has taken it too far by demolishing the structures on Dr Olusola Saraki’s place where he used to take care of the elderly women every week.
“The demolition is shocking, it is unfortunate,” he said, adding that it was regrettable that “the issue is being treated as if it was a stolen land.”
The state PDP chairman said it was wrong for structures on a parcel of land that has a “ letter of allocation written by the government” to be destroyed.
He added: “Let us even assume that it was not paid for. If this is the case, what the government should have done is to write the Saraki’s family about this and if this had been done, the Saraki’s family that I know can even donate it back to the government.
“The late Olusola Saraki donated so many plots of land to people. He donated his land to marketers at Ago market in Ilorin.”
He called on the government to “look at the issue again” instead of embarking on a vendetta mission.”
Shittu appealed to PDP supporters to remain calm and avoid violence
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