Feelers from Ilorin, indicate Senator Bukola \u00a0Saraki has put together a ‘war chest’ to stop his kid sister, Gbemisola from getting a ministerial spot. According to our source \u201c Bukola has vowed to do all within his powers to stop his sister, Gbemi\u201d<\/p>\n
There have been speculations that Gbemi may be picked to represent Kwara in the President Goodluck Jonathan\u2019s cabinet. Others being speculated are Governor Peter Obi, Ibrahim Shekarau, Dele Belgore \u00a0and Attahiru Bafarawa.<\/p>\n
But a campaign by Bukola, assisted by a section of the media and some All Progressive Congress\u2019 APC top shots in Kwara \u00a0is claiming \u00a0the Peoples\u2019 Democratic Party (PDP) would crack if Gbemi gets the states\u2019 spot. They allege that Bola Shagaya, one of the rallying points of the party in the state who busted former sports minister, Bolaji Abdullahi, at that Ilorin rally, was not disposed to Gbemi because she is not a \u2018team player\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0Pointblanknews.com sources hinted that Bukola is uncomfortable and troubled over the possible emergence of his sister because Gbemi is privy to his moves, knows how to ‘unlock’ him , and was one of those who ensured his axe man, Abdullahi, \u00a0was sacked.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Problem now is Bukola cannot afford to have Gbemi as minister. She could be too hot to handle. . Sources say Bukola\u00a0 \u00a0has hired some media men to orchestrate some phantom crisis in Kwara \u00a0PDP over Gbemi’s speculated nomination.. A couple of newspapers are in the bag already. On Tuesday a couple concocted a spin saying there is in fighting in Kwara PDP over Gbemi, and that the PDP chairman, Adamu M’uazu, prefers Gbemi.<\/p>\n
Part of the subterranean \u00a0campaign by the Bukola wing \u00a0is that the PDP leadership in Kwara prefers Jonathan to pick from the following , Professor Shuaibu Abdulkareem, Kunle Suyleman, Ibrahim Bio, John Dara, Senator Makanjuola Ajadi, Ibrahim Oloriegbe, and Lanre Issa Onilu who have been \u2018on ground\u2019 before Gbemi returned from \u00a0Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN).<\/p>\n
But a top source in the PDP in Kwara debunked the claims. According to him, the state has very competent men and women who can be ministers, and that there was\u00a0 nothing wrong with Gbemi. He said \u201c \u00a0she is competent, has the clout and we know Bukola is very troubled by her rising profile so is sponsoring all these lies in the media. He know as a sister she knows his strength and weaknesses inside out\u201d<\/p>\n
Another top source at the PDP secretariat in Abuja told Pointblanknews.com\u00a0“Buki has three younger ones, the others are on one side. He is alone in his fight. They think appointing Gbemi minister would be a problem for PDP, no it won\u2019t. What political weight does Bolaji have for\u00a0instance but was minister for almost three years. He was retained for more than five months after Buki left for APC. What they don’t get is that having Gbemi in PDP splits the Saraki support base. \u201c<\/p>\n
According to him \u201c Some of their father’s loyalists will follow her because she has an office and she has Baba\u2019s spirit, generous like mad! But they don\u2019t even know whether they are considering her., Gbemi is very well educated.\u201d<\/p>\n
The source continued \u201cMeanwhile the federal government has enough offices to go around all the stalwarts in Kwara. Ajadi is now Special Adviser, Oba is chair of Federal Character Commission, somebody will get the gubernatorial ticket, someone will contest as Senator, house of reps not to talk of board appointments and the rest.\u201d<\/p>\n
Our source added \u201c They cannot afford to \u00a0underestimate Jonathan and the power of the FG, and if Gbemi gets to Abuja, will definitely spell trouble for Bukola and his group. . Bukola \u00a0won the gubernatorial race against his dad in 2011 because he had so much money to spend as state governor and the FG was behind him.\u00a0if not for ASA, one within Bukola\u2019s\u00a0 Kwara Central senatorial district\u00a0where the current Kwara \u00a0speaker, Atunwa comes from, Bukola \u00a0would have lost the senatorial elections\u00a0\u201c<\/p>\n
He further told Pointblanknews.com \u201c Things have changed a bit. The FG is not with him now, they cannot have as much money as they had in 2011 for these elections. Most importantly, let them go and check the results of the 2011 elections, Belgore as gubernatorial candidate for APC shocked everyone with the number of votes that he got, same with Bilikis Gambari who contested against Buki for the Senate seat. All these people have moved to PDP now, so are the supporters of Lawal. Saraki is really truly scared. You can even see that from all the programmes that they are rolling out now, employing this and that, giving this and that out, why now?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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