I Was Not Attacked – Saraki Explained What Really Happened

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki
has debunked widespread reports that
he was attacked on Thursday at the
eid kabir prayer ground in Ilorin,
Kwara state”
Saraki disclosed this in a statement
from his media office on Thursday.
It was earlier reported today that
Saraki was attacked by disgruntled
protesters and was pelted with stones
by those lamenting of not being paid
their salaries arrears.
“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
hijacked 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”..