Goodluck Jonathan |
Information
filtering in from Ilorin, Kwara State revealed that the new political
realignment sweeping across the nation with the massive defection of a strong
and viable arm of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the new PDP to the
opposition, All Progressive Congress (APC), is set to rekindle the fire of
hatred in the house of the late political Lord of Kwara politics, Dr. Abubakar
Olusola Saraki as his two politically inclined children, Senator Bukola Saraki,
the immediate past two-term governor of the state and his immediate younger
sister, Senator Gbemi Rukayat Saraki Fowora might be on the war path yet again.
In this plot to
break the stronghold of Bukola, the new strongman, are Gbemi and a former
transport minister during the late Umar Yar’Adua regime, Alhaji Bio and
Professor Abdulrahman Oba, a former vice-chancellor of the University of Ilorin
along with one woman leader in Kwara State, Mrs. Adenikoro said to be a
commissioner, when the late Commodore Lawal was the governor of the state.
Our source
revealed that Gbemi has been penciled down to become a minister soon, while Bio
and Oba have been fully integrated into the present government with plum jobs.
Professor Oba has
had his tenure renewed as the Chairman of the Federal Character Commission,
while Alhaji Bio is the new Chairman of the Nigeria Investment Promotion
Council.
Sometime in
November, a meeting was held in Abuja with Alhaji Bamanga Tukur by this team on
how to retain Kwara State by all means necessary.
Mrs. Adenikoro is
said to be a very strong factor in Baruten Area and also a one-time strong ally
of Baba Saraki in the state, she’s said to command a large followership in her
area.
Gbemi Saraki |
One of the
decisions reportedly reached at the meeting was the plan to stifle the present
administration of Ahmed of federal funds, which they believed would cripple
Kwara State during any election. The group is of the opinion that if the
allocation of the state is withheld, the Bukola/Saraki Camp will be in serious
discovery and won’t have money to buy ‘big votes.’
We gathered that
Bukola Saraki had pre-empted this move and immediately planted his trusted
aides and associates in all the local government councils in the state.
Bukola Saraki |
“All the local
government chairmen were picked by him, at least it is on record that there was
an election to the local government council and even the Offa Council, which
the PDP and APC are fighting for is now resolved as they all belong to the same
party, APC now and Bukola Saraki is the leader in the state,” said a source.
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