THE INFORMANT 247
04-08-2017.
THE INFORMANT247 has reliable gathered from different sources how the Kwara All Progressive Congress Youth with the name Kwara Central Youth Political Association collected a sum of #500,000 from the Kwara State Government to release a press statement debunking the allegation of disgracing Governor AbdulFatah Ahmad at the last Town hall meeting held on the 23rd of July, 2017 at the State Banquet hall.
THE INFORMANT247 correspondent learnt that before the incident at the banquet hall, the Youth were alledged to have expressed there displeasure over the irresponsibility of the Kwara state government towards the plight of workers in the state. Eleven members, among the APC Youths who staged a protest on the issue, were said to be arrested on the order of the Governor, who felt disgraced by thier actions, but were later bailed out by the Kwara State House of Assembly Speaker, RT, hon. Ali Ahmad, who was said to have acted on the directives of the Senate President Bukola Saraki.
It was the griviance of thier arrest that prompted the plan of disgracing the governor at the banquet hall.
A source who spoke with THE INFORMANT 247 under the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue revealed that after the news of thier actions went viral, they were contacted by the Governor who offered them a sum of #500,000 to release a press statement debunking thier actions and terming it as mere rumour. He further said after they were paid the money, the statement was firstly sent to the Senior Special Assistance to the governor on Media and Publicity for approval before they went to the NUJ press centre to hold the Press Conference.
“We were firstly given a sum of #500,000 on the day of the incident at the banquet hall to calm us down, it was later after the news went viral that the governor order that another #500,000 should be released to us to hold a press conference to debunk the news as mere rumour and an attempt to discredit the Abdulfatai Ahmad led administration by the opposition party. Before the incidence at the banquet hall, we were at the Government house, times without number to express our displeasure over the way things are being run by the present administration most especially the issue of the Paris Club Refund, and most of the time, we do advise him, but we were surprised when some of our members were later arrested on the order of the governor, it was the senate President that later called the Speaker (Ali Ahmad) to bail the arrested members.” he said.
Recall that THE INFORMANT247 has exclusively reported on the 23rd of July, 2017, how some members of the All Progressive Congress Youth disgraced the governor at the State Banquet hall over his non-payment of workers salaries with the released Paris club refund, but the news was later debunked in a press statement released by the association on the 3rd of August 2017, terming it as a mere rumour even though THE INFORMANT247 has a video record of the whole incidence that transpired at the banquet hall on that day.