The Chairman of  the Kwara State Government Property Recovery Committee, Senator Suleiman Ajadi, has said  the state government will reclaim more property illegally acquired by politicians  in the state.

Speaking on Harmony 103.1 FM Idofian on Thursday, Ajadi said some  top politicians    owned many of the  landed property left by the founding fathers of  the state, along with   their friends and cronies.

According to him, nearly all the  structures built  by former governors such as David  Bamigboye and  George Innih  had either been  sold or given to friends as gifts by  some ex-governors.

He said, “The government quarters including the house allocated to me as guest chalet in Ilorin have been sold. You will not be surprised that the land acquired by them (founding fathers of the state)  for public use were given  to their friends and cronies.”

Ajadi  added, “The land acquired for a market at Ganmo and another one acquired  as  (rubbish)  dump at Amayo in Ifelodun Local Government Area have been sold while our committee discovered a 96-acre land at Eyenkorin, near Ilorin designated as a  parking space for vehicles bringing loads to the state, which people say belong to a former governor, and an expanse  of land between Share and Bode-Saadu acquired for industrial purpose, but  nothing has been done  there.

“They also sold  things which are supposed to be of immense benefit to our people and be a source of revenue to the government.

“For example, Kwara Poultry Farm worth about N200m  was sold  for  N13m.

“There is a government interest known as KP3 which was managed by people outside the state. Those who managed it are not from the state, the only employee who is a Kwaran is the driver. Can you also imagine the case of IVTEC, Ajase-Ipo which is supposed to be an international vocational centre.

“We also discovered that part of  the  state government land in Kaduna  opposite the  Kaduna State House of Assembly was dashed out to a friend of a  former governor. There are also many cases like that.”

Ajadi said the committee had asked the state government  to reclaim all the  government property.

He  said he had received many text messages from some  people threatening him.