Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki was this morning stoned and humiliated by angry worshippers at the Yidi Ground, Ilorin, Kwara state.
ScreenGist News gathered that angry worshippers were enraged by the inability of the state administration to pay salaries of workers before the Sallah celebrations, rendering some civil servants unable to buy rams for today's Eid-el Kabir.
"Shortly after the senate president and other dignitaries arrived, some people started throwing stones and sachet waters in the direction of the Senate President and other important people," one witness said.
"They started chanting Ole Ole Ole (thief), "Pay us our salaries", "Where is our bailout money" and "Don't use bailout money to service Abuja politics."
Some of the attackers began destroying cars and other properties in sight.
One of the vehicles destroyed is an unmarked bus, with a federal government of Nigeria number, belonging to the University of Ilorin.
"The protesters erroneously thought the bus was among vehicles in the convoy of Senate President Saraki," a witness said.
However, some equally alleged that the worshippers were still protesting the alleged sale of a large portion of the praying ground by Saraki.
It was learnt that indigenes of Ilorin based in Abuja had expressed anger at the Senate president when he showed up after his election to pray alongside President Muhammadu Buhari at the National Mosque in Abuja.
Some of them, it was learnt, had vowed to "show him" their other side when they gather for the Eid prayers.
The alleged sale of the praying ground had been an issue over the years.
Among those at the praying ground when the attack took place were the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari; former Minister of Sports, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi; the Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Hon. Ali Ahmad; member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Razak Atunwa; and a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje.
Senate president has been accused of 13 counts of corruption and false asset declaration.
Saraki was reportedly disguised or covered up and whisked out of the grounds to save him from the anger of the crowds.
This was the first Eid Saraki he was attending as Senate president.
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