But essentially what we are now witnessing is best described as the “silence of the graveyard.” It is at best “a temporary reprieve”. The embers of the youth revolution that resulted in death, arson, wanton destruction and expansive alienation, are still smouldering.
Browsing: looters
The command also arrested 28 other suspected criminals during the protest.
Several area of the State, including Ilesa, Ikirun and Osogbo, the State capital came under attack.
The handover was made at the Government House in Ilorin on Friday.
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Sunday said Nigeria cannot afford to allow looters and corrupt elements to return to power, urging the electorates to vote massively on February 16 for the consolidation of the rebuilding process being championed by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
President Muhammadu Buhari has alerted Nigerians on the activities of looters of the nation’s resources bent on undermining the forthcoming general elections “and by extension our democracy’’.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday assured Nigerians that his administration would not waiver in its fight against corruption and ensuring sanity in public affairs.
Fani-Kayode, whose name featured on the list released by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made his position on the issue known in a statement on Monday.
The President said he expected the ongoing recoveries and prosecutions to serve as “deterrent to others who nurse the ambition of seeking public office solely for illegal personal gain”