The crisis that broke out within the Saraki family in Kwara state during the build up to the last general elections has been resolved amicably, members of the family told the press at the weekend.
The reconciliation came just as the patriarch of the family, Olusola Saraki at the weekend advised President Goodluck Jonathan to expedite action on the constitution of his cabinet.Mr Saraki who spoke with the media yesterday in Ilorin, the state capital, at a special prayer organized to mark the reconciliation of the two warring members of his family, said Nigerians were anxious to know their ministers.
Saying Jonathan was wasting much time in unveiling his cabinet, Mr Saraki described as unfortunate the situation where appointments into various political offices would not have been completed before a general election as he said is done in other climes.
The immediate past governor of the state, Bukola Saraki, who was a major factor in the crisis that rocked the Saraki's political family, was the first to break the news of the reconciliation to the media in Ilorin at the weekend.
His opposition to the gubernatorial ambition of his sister, Gbemisola Saraki had polarized the Saraki political dynasty into two camps. The governor, who was opposed to her ambition to succeed him, became the effec-tive leader of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in the state while his father, Olusola Saraki angrily defected to the relati-vely unknown Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) on which platform Ms Saraki un-successfully ran for the office.Shortly after the conclu-sion of the elections, which was swept by the PDP, both Bukola and the incumbent governor of the state, AbdulFatah Ahmed extended olive branches to the elder Saraki and his ACPN su-pporters.
All for the state
At different fora, both Buko-la and Ahmed attributed and dedicated their successes at the polls to the elder Saraki, whom they described as their political leader."I want to categorically con-firm to you that the family is back to one," the former gover-nor, who is now a senator, said.
He said the motivational factor behind the reconciliation "is our collective desire to move the state forward and build on Baba's legacies."The love of the Saraki's political dynasty for the common man is still firm. We have always been one. Everybody is working to have this unity. What is im-portant now is for us to move forward. If all of us now line up behind the new governor, there is the greater hope that he will succeed," he said.The elder Saraki said the reconciliation was initiated by his son and that he succumbed to pressure from him so that "peace and unity can reign su-preme in the state." He disclo-sed that reconciliation became necessary so as to prevent other political parties from capitali-zing on the crisis to infiltrate
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