A former senate president and Kwara State governor, Bukola Saraki, has admitted that he got N252 million from the Kwara State Government to build a five-bedroom duplex for himself.
, has admitted that he got N252 million from the Kwara State Government to build a five-bedroom duplex for himself.
The N252 million is part of the Kwara funds the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission accused Mr Saraki of diverting.The former governor has denied any wrongdoing. According to him, the five-bedroom duplex was built in line with the provision of the Governor and Deputy Governor Law 2010 of Kwara State, which provided N252.2 million for the building of a five-bedroom Duplex for Mr Saraki as a two-term governor.
The houses had earlier been part of the subject of Mr Saraki’s arraignment at the Code of Conduct Tribunal , which acquitted him in 2017.The law, on which Mr Saraki based his defence, was enacted in 2010 while he was still in power. Adeola Ademuwagun, a legal practitioner at Falana Chambers, explained that although Mr Saraki could have influenced the passage of the law, the provisions of the law remain sacrosanct.
In Mr Saraki’s case, he received the N252 million even while receiving the salaries and allowances of a serving senator.Before the new minimum wage of N30,000 was approved last year, Nigeria’s minimum wage was N18,000.
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