Na so all these governors dey lie?


http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/articles/guest-articles/bafarawa-a-thief-and-liar.html

A thief and liar in our mist



I recently went on the elendureports website and came across a suppose advertorial. It was a rebuttal of a story carried by the daily trust of 16th October 2006. The story centre on the allegation of false declaration by the Sokoto state governor, Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa. The source of the papers story was the Joint Task Force on Fighting Corruption report.


9 Radnor Place

It is alleged the governor bought 2 duplexes after he became governor and also acquired a property in an exclusive area of London.


I cannot comment on the duplexes in Nigeria, but Mr Bafarawa seem told have told a fat lie with regards to the purchase of his London residence. The original story carried by Elendureports and various Nigeria papers in 2005 alleged no 9 Radnor place, W2 2TF was purchased for £795,000(#200,000,000). Now it seems Mr Bafarawa is claiming the property only cost £295,000 (#60,000,000). Has he conveniently forgotten he also paid for the leasehold in June 2000?


Radnor place is part of the Hyde Park estate owned mainly by the Church of England. It’s an exclusive neighbourhood on the edge of Bayswater, next to the Edgware road. Ex Governor DSP Alamieyeseigha residence @ Water Garden where he was arrested is only a 2 minute walk away.


In the governors own words “For record purpose, it may interest the Chairman to note that, I bought this house from one Alhaji Sidi Mamman Asarakawa an indigene of Sokoto State who is still alive at the cost of Sixty Million Naira (N60,000,000.00) and NOT Two Hundred Million Naira (N200,000,000.00) as alleged in the Joint Task Force Report. I got this money from the sale of my House at Aso Drive, Abuja to the Federal Government through General Aliyu Muhammad former National Security Adviser at the cost of One Hundred Million Naira (N100,000,000.00).”


Well, Mr Bafarawa, the land registry records in the UK clearly states otherwise. According to registry document NGF41943, Bafarawa bought the leasehold to 9 Radnor place in June 2000 for £500,000(#126,000,000). This is exactly 13 months after he became governor. The freehold for properties on the Hyde Park estate belongs to the Church of England. All affairs of the church are handled by the church commissioners.


Then in May 2004, according to registry document NGL836183, the governor proceed to buy freehold from the church commissioners for £295,000(#74,340,000). The 4 floor, 5 bed property cost £795,000(#200,340,000. Exchange rate @ 252-1). Today, the property is worth over £3m.


All these transaction were paid for in cash. Now Mr Bafarawa claim to have paid for the house from the proceeds of the sale of is Abuja residence. This can’t be true as the London home cost more than twice the Abuja home.


I hope the Chairman of the code of conduct bureau take Governor Bafarawa’s reply for what it is. RUBBISH. I dare Mr Bafarawa to deny paying £800,000(#200,000,000) for the property and I will publish the full registry document in its entirety.

This is shameless If a serving governor can not tell a simple truth then how can he lead the state and be accountable? this is why EFCC is doing a phenomenal job, we should start jailling this people to life in KIRIKIRI to send a message. imagine if that money was invested in a school in Nigeria? how many people will benefit from that? but this greedy people what a porch houses overseas.