The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has flayed the planned demolition of a two-bedroom bungalow owned by the 90-year old Alhaja Sarat Banire, the mother of the National Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress, APC by the Lagos State Government raising the alarm that Lagos APC intra-party squabbles getting dangerous.
Recall that Banire had been at the loggerheads with the APC-led government in Lagos when he insisted that primaries must be held for local government chairmanship aspirants in the last council elections in Lagos.
In a statement by the MURIC Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola asked the Lagos State Government to ‘shelve the planned demolition of the building in order to avoid causing a permanent damage to a strained political relationship’.
The group stated further, “We are disturbed that a property belonging to the mother of the National Legal Adviser of the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), is being threatened with demolition. What observers see here is that an intraparty squabble in Lagos State is being allowed to escalate to a dangerous level. We call on party leaders at national level to quickly intervene.
“ An arrangement which recognizes the immense contributions and sacrifices of a foremost leader of the APC in the South West must be put in place. This leader must be given the respect which he deserves while party leaders find compromise between his interests and the party’s rules bearing in mind that it is difficult to maintain a tabula rasa in politics. It is politics and politicians must not fail to resolve the misunderstanding.
“Finally, we appeal to LASG to spare the building as a mark of respect for a senior citizen, 90 year old mother of Dr. Muiz Banire. We call on party leaders at the national level to quickly intervene”.
