The former Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other
related offences Commission, retired Justice Mustapha Akanbi, has
denied that he was the chairman at an event to dislodge the late Dr.
Abubakar Olusola Saraki dynasty from Kwara State politics.
Akanbi, who reacted to a publication credited to him in Ilorin, the
Kwara State capital, on Sunday at a news conference, said: “I can
never be a party to those who want to wrestle political power from
Saraki dynasty in Kwara.”
He described the publication as a calculated attempt to tarnish his
image in Kwara State in particular and in the country in general.
He said it was true that he was invited for the launch of a
Non-Governmental Organisation by the Tafida of IIorin, Dr. Amuda
Aluko, who did not disclose to him that it would be a political
gathering.
He added that he hurriedly left the venue after his speech, which was
not political, but on the establishment of the new NGO.
The former ICPC boss, who had been appointed the 2013 Amirul Hajj by
the Government of Kwara State, described the publication as a
fabrication and work of enemies of progress.
He said he did not have any animosity with the Saraki family and could
not champion any cause to dislodge the Saraki dynasty from power in
Kwara State.
“The publication worried me that I was the chairman of an occasion to
wrestle power from Saraki dynasty,” he said.
Akanbi, who disclosed that he had two Foundations in IIorin to uplift
the standard of the downtrodden, said: “One does not need to wear a
political toga before rendering service to God.”
He said that Dr. Saraki donated N5 million and a bus to the Foundation.
He advised Nigerians to think of how to complement government’s
efforts at eradicating poverty instead of seeking political power for
selfish interest.
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