Kwara state Government is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that all persons alleged to have misappropriated public funds among members of the past administration are brought to book and prosecuted accordingly.
The state Commissioner for Communications, Olabode Towoju, disclosed this while responding to questions from journalists at a personality news programme tagged ‘Newskeg’ at the Secretariat of the Correspondents’ Chapel of NUJ.
He said: “We are not giving up in ensuring those that siphoned our collective patrimony and put the state in wretched condition are brought to book. Justice mostly comes very slowly but when it comes to pass it could be very devastating. We should also not forget that we are talking of people who are very clever in their way, who keep hiding under technical grounds to checkmate all our moves.
“But moving forward, we have engaged the services of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) to fight most of the cases and we are confident that every one of them will be brought to book.”
Speaking on the efforts of the government to arrest insecurity in the state, the Commissioner said the state government is doing a lot in the area of security, but noted that not all the efforts of the government in that sector could be disclosed to the public.
“You remember in a couple of days ago we had a security challenge at Osi-Obo-Aiyegunle axis and His Excellency, quickly gave a marching order and serious searching is ongoing to apprehend the criminals terrorising the people of that area and you could also recall that the notorious criminal ‘Dogo’ who had caused mayhem not only in Kwara but also Niger, Ekiti and Kogi, was sent to the world beyond here in Kwara state. We are seriously up and doing in the area of security.”
Responding to the question of slow phase of work on the ongoing overhead bridge construction at Tanke/University of Ilorin Road, Towoju said it was to ensure quality work that would stand the test of time, assuring residents that the construction work would be completed on scheduled date.
Responding to a question on the recent detection of some All Progressive Congress (APC) members in the state to other parties after the primary elections, the Commissioner said “we are not jittery about the people that left after losing in the primaries. Kwara has grown beyond someone hand-picking candidates to the detriment of others that are more popular and acceptable to the electorate,” adding that AbdulRazaq and the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu would win the forthcoming 2023 elections convincingly.