Abdulfatai Yahaya-Seriki, a
governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in
Kwara State, on Monday, claimed that Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki lured
him with appointment to join in the defection gale to the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP).
Yahaya-Seriki, one the 13 Kwara
APC governorship aspirants told newsmen in Abuja that he rejected the offer and
other entreaties by the Senate President.
Speaking on the insinuations in
some quarters that he could be working for Saraki in the APC, Yahaya-Seriki
said he was a self-made man and he had no godfather anywhere.
“Some people are insinuating and
linking me with the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki. I can confidently say
that I have no link with him and I cannot work with him.
“During the gale of defection to
PDP, when the information reached Saraki that I was not joining the defecting
camp, he sent the state Commissioner for Chieftancy Affairs, from Kiama to
invite me over to his house.
“I obliged and we met at his
residence in Lake Chad that was the day he offered me an appointment as a
Senior Special Assistant. I rejected the offer.
“I declined the offer because of
our opposing ideology, the genuine love I have for my people and my desire to
salvage them from the political hegemony of Saraki.
“I do not believe in the rule of
monarchy as we have it in Kwara. How can a state political structure be under
the monarchical hegemony of only one man?”
The aspirant recalled he was a
victim of leadership by imposition style of Saraki in Kwara when he wanted to
contest for the House of Representatives seat in Kwara in 2015.
“One midnight, they called me to
inform me that Saraki had endorsed one of his loyalists, who did not even
purchase the nomination and expression of intent form and I was schemed out of
the race
“Even with the way I was treated,
I still remained loyal to the APC. I was the Coordinator of the Buhari/Osinbajo
campaign group.
“I funded the group and mobilised
people with my money for the victory of our party,” he said.
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