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Written by Abdulrazaq O Hamzat
Saturday, 05 February 2011 17:26


I pity the youths queuing behind lies just to eat for today and serve another man’s interest for the rest of their lives. In 2003, Saraki after rejecting Lawal, finally brought is son Bukola. The people still believed in him and supported his son, giving his son the mandate to take kwara to the next level.

Today Saraki is back again. He has come back with his old trick and story. He has condemned his own biological son Bukola Saraki as bad and wants to replace him with his daughter.

Taking you down memory lane

In 1979, Chief Olusola Saraki presented Adamu Attah for Governor. He held him out as a good candidate and all to support him. The good people of Kwara State supported Attah and gave him the mandate to lead the state for better development.

But after his tenure, Saraki came back and told the people that Adamu attah the same candidate he presented was a bad leader.

In 1983, Saraki brought C.O Adebayo as the credible candidate; kwarans embraced him in on hearing the voice of Saraki, their hero.
Yet after Adebayo’s tenure, Saraki came back to say Adebayo is bad.

In 1992, Saraki brought Saba Lafiaji to be the trusted and tested candidate; Lafiaji once again got the mandate from the people.

After his tenure, Saraki came back again to say that Lafiaji is another evil candidate he wrongly believed was good.

1n 1999, Saraki brought Lawal, after just four years – one term, Saraki came back to condemn him. This led to violence across the state.

In 2003, Saraki after rejecting Lawal, finally brought is son Bukola. The people still believe in him and supported his son, giving his son the mandate to take kwara to the next level.

Today Saraki is back again. He has come back with his old trick and story. He has condemned his own biological son Bukola Saraki as bad and wants to replace him with his daughter.

What that means is as follows:
1. Saraki lacks the sense of identifying a good leader - If he chose five men to lead on different occasions and none of them turned out to be good, even in his own view.

2. If Saraki who chose them and held them out as good candidates came back on five occasions to say they are bad, it could only mean that Saraki himself is bad.

3. If Saraki chose 5 people and all turned out to be bad, it means the next one he will chose or endorse will also turn out to be the same as others, BAD!

Having outlined the above, I hereby state categorically that any candidate, I repeat, any or rather, all candidates coming from Saraki will always be bad and therefore should not be supported by any reasonable person, young or old.

If Saraki has been making these selections as an able bodied young man and all turned out to be bad at the end, it is certain that his choice while at his present age, when he is approaching senility will be extremely bad, poor and wrong.

Bukola saraki, Another bad example like his father

His father Olusola Saraki taught him everything he knew today, he believed in him so much than anyone else; he even made him the Governor of a state.

If his father is this bad in choosing, it’s clear Bukola will take after his father - a bad leader. This can further be confirmed by his father's condemnation.
His father Olusola Saraki who made him the Governor, came out publicly to say his son is bad, meaning he his indeed bad and would never make a good choice. So, anything coming from the Saraki family should be generally rejected by the general public.

SEE EXAMPLE OF A GOOD LEADER IN COMRADE GBENGA OLAWEPO

Gbenga Toyosi Olawepo (born 28 June 1965) is a Nigerian politician

The name Olawepo first made the headlines when as an anti-apartheid activist he and three other students’ leaders of the University of Lagos were clamped into the over-crowded Nigeria Police cell in April 1989 after an anti apartheid protest.

The former student union leader has distinguished himself in partisan politics. The Nigerian Tribune, a newspaper founded by the late Nigerian Nationalist leader, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, captured this properly.
The newspaper sometime ago wrote: “In the political firmament of Nigeria, there are young Saraki’s, young Azikiwe’s, young Adedoyin’s who are children of established political and financial magnates but there are few names that have made it on their own to the political centre stage like Gbenga Olawepo, a rising star with no fall back platform or push of any godfather or back up of any financial empire. Talking of emerging political leaders this is a true discovery’’.

Olawepo again displayed courage when General Abacha suddenly died in 1998, on the eve of the consummation of his planned transmutation into a civilian dictator. The duo of Olawepo and Dan Nwanyawu, now National Chairman of Labour Party, co-ordinating with Jerry Gana, moved into Fort IBB- a military barrack in Abuja, which housed the then Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Ishaya Bamayi -a key member of the military high command, to deliver a memorandum suggesting some direction for the transition to democracy.
Interestingly, the final programme of transition reflected substantially their input. But it was a risky venture done when the destiny of the nation was hanging in the balance and when there was massive troop movement.
Olawepo played prominent role in the transition process. In 1998/1999, he was the Secretary of the Women and Youth Development Committee of the Transition committee established by the then President-elect, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. He also assisted the then PDP Chief spokesperson – Senator Anietie Okon- in running the party’s vast information machinery at the period of campaign and during the transition.

A comprehensive write up shall be released about him soon.

this man is another thing

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