The assertion by the governor of Kwara State, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, that he embezzled the Universal Basic Education Fund, is a lie intended to defame his reputation among his followers in the state, according to Dr. Bukola Saraki, a former president of the Senate.
Additionally, according to Saraki, the governor lied when he claimed that he used his authority as Senate President to stop the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from looking into allegations of alleged embezzlement of UBEC funds by Kwara state government officials during the tenure of the previous governor, Abdulfattah Ahmed.
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He gave the governor seven days to repudiate the remark he made on Saturday at the launch of Alhaji Saliu Mustapha’s campaign committee for the Kwara Central senate seat.
Abdulrazaq had told the audience on Saturday that he found some claims made by some opposition candidates laughable and unbelievable.
He claimed;
But for their boss being the Senate President at the time, most of these characters would have been in jail for the UBEC money they stole.
However, Saraki, in a statement signed by the Press Officer on Local Matters in his Media Office, Ilorin, Abdulganiyu Abdulqadir, on Monday, said;
I have ignored all his lies all this while as I believe he was resorting to that cheap escape measure to mask his failure in governance. Now, I will have to take strong measures by challenging him in court since he will not desist from fabricating lies against me.
I have told my lawyers to write him and ask him to retract the statement or be ready to prove it in court.
