Chaos at Emir’s palace as cleric defends government on non-payment of salary

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Chaos at Emir’s palace as cleric defends government on non-payment of salary

There was fracas at the palace of the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Sulu Gambari, on Sunday over the defence put up by a cleric for the non-payment of salary by the Kwara State Government.
The incident occurred during this year’s traditional “night of prayers”.

A palace source confided in the News Agency of Nigeria that mid way into the programme, a cleric rose to defend government’s inability to pay workers’ salaries and this drew the anger of the people.


The source told NAN that the crowd went berserk, disconnecting the electricity supply to the venue and freely throwing chairs at dignitaries at the event.

The Secretary of Sheikh Alimi Foundation, Abdulazeez Arowona, in a statement confirmed the incident.