How Gov Abdulfatah Sucked Kwara Treasury Dry With Saraki

Many residents and keen observers of happenings in Kwara State were not surprised when the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned the cousin of Bukola Saraki, Ope Saraki and the Kwara State Commissioner for Information, Prince Olatunji Oyeyemi Moronfoye, on Wednesday, May 13, 2015.

In fact, the arrest of the alleged stooges of the state governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, was long overdue due.

The anti-money laundering agency dragged the duo to Justice A.O Faji of the Federal High Court in Ilorin, the state capital, over an alleged N371 million.

A source in Ilorin informed www.theoctopusnews.com that the Governor used Saraki and the Commissioner to siphon the state treasury. This he reportedly perfected through the award of contracts to cronies, diversion of public funds and money laundering.

It was gathered that when Abdulfatah’s cronies come with inflated contracts, he approves them without blinking an eye because of his own share in the deals.

Saraki is presently the Senior Special Adviser on Millennium Development Goals to the governor.

He was said to have abused his office and laundered state funds for his personal benefit by awarding inflated contracts to companies owned by his cronies.

In one of the transactions involving the purchase of Ambulance Buses for hospitals in the state, Saraki duped the people of Kwara State by procuring 13 Hiace buses from a “Local Car Dealer” and converting them to ambulance in place of factory built ambulance for which a contract of about N172 million was awarded to Chemiroy Nigeria Limited.

Similarly, Moronfoye was accused of using his companies; Cogent Integrated Service Nigeria Limited and Ladida Support Service Limited to defraud the state.

The level of corruption carried out by Abdulfatah has given some concerned citizens of Kwara State sleepless nights. Whether he will face trials and sent to jail is what some people are sceptical of because of his link with Bukola Saraki, who planted him there in the first place.

Additional information from TheOctopusNews