Senate President Bukola Saraki has denied reports that he was
attacked Thursday when he went to pray as part of activities to mark
this year’s Eid- El Kabir.A statement from his media office reads:
“The
attention of the Media Office of the Senate President has been drawn to
media reports that the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki,
was allegedly attacked at the Eid Prayer Ground during the prayers to
mark the Eid-el-Kabir in Ilorin.
The Senate President arrived at the venue this morning without any
incident, prayed with other Muslim faithful, including the Emir of
Ilorin, His Royal Highness (HRH), Alhaji
Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt.
Hon Ali Ahmad and a former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Alfa
Belgore, among others.
Before the Senate President left the prayer ground, he spoke to
reporters who had asked him about his message for Nigerians to mark the
Eid-el-Kabir.
We want to say that nothing can be further from the truth as the Senate
President was never attacked nor was there any attempt made on his life
to warrant him being ‘whisked away’ as reported by a section of the
media.
We however observe that there was a protest allegedly staged by local
government employees over purported non-payment of salaries which
hoodlums attempted to hijacke but this development was immediately
curtailed by security agents.
Therefore, to say that the Senate President was attacked at the venue of
the prayers is totally false and a figment of the imagination of those
behind the story because the protest was never targeted at him, neither
was any missile hurled at him.
The Kwara State Government has since issued a statement in which it
stated that majority of the workers in the state have received their
salaries and that those yet to receive theirs will do so on Monday as
Thursday and Friday of this week are public holidays.”
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