Some protesters reportedly threw sachet water, stones and other objects at dignitaries, including Saraki, during the Sallah on Thursday.
The other dignitaries on the occasion included a former acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Kawu Baraje, who now is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress; Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr Ali Ahmad; a member representing Ilorin West and Asa Federal Constituency, Mr Razak Atunwa; and a former Chairman of Federal Character Commission, Prof Oba Abdulraheem.
Others were a former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Alfa Belgore; the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Sulu-Gambari; and the Chief Imam of Ilorin, Alhaji Bashir Muhammed.
Ahmed, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communications, Dr. Muyideen Akorede, described as false, malicious and unfounded, the story published by an online medium, which claimed that Saraki blamed the governor for the miscreants’ attack on the dignitaries.
Ahmed said at no time did Saraki accuse him of leaving the Senate President vulnerable to attack by the miscreants at the Eid Prayer Ground, Ilorin.
He also described as false the report that Saraki got N1bn out of the N4.3bn bailout loan the state government.
“The Senate President neither received any kobo out of the money which was fully used to pay the two-month salary arrears owed state civil servants in August, 2015 nor any other money from the state government,” Ahmed said.
The governor stated that Saraki was fully preoccupied with the onerous task of lawmaking and providing good leadership fpr the National Assembly.
He added that Saraki had no time to either interfere with or control the state’s finances which he said were fully under the jurisdiction of the state government and its authorised officials.
Ahmed said Saraki attended the Ilorin Eid Ground prayers on Thursday not in defiance of any security reports or for any publicity but in fulfillment of his religious obligation.
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