The event, which took place at the palace of the Emir, was witnessed by eminent personalities from all walks of life
Browsing: Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki
Justice Akinpelu gave the interim order in suit no KWS/112/2021 filed by Asa Investment and one other, against Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Kwara State House of Assembly, Attorney-General of Kwara State, Director-General of Kwara State Bureau of Lands and Inspector-General of Police.
The party in statement by its State Publicity, Tunde Ashaolu, accused the ruling All Progressives Congress of sponsoring hoodlums to disorganise the prayer session and attack innocent people, who attended.
According to the governor, Saraki has demonstrated beyond doubt that he is a worthy successor of late Wazirin Iloin and former Senate Leader, late Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki, under whose political tutelage they all learnt to think about the welfare of others before self
The Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, who led a delegation of the Senate on a condolence visit to the Governor of Kwara State, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed, made this assertion, adding that Saraki was a highly respected Senate Leader and best known, even decades after leaving the position
Martins knew of my close relationship with Dr. Saraki because he was in my office in 2003 when Saraki phoned me in the Presidency to confirm the drop of his son, Dr. Bukola Saraki, by President Olusegun Obasanjo as his special assistant. “Don’t worry Eric,” Dr. Saraki assured me, “I will make Bukky a Governor.”
Speaking earlier, the Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, described the demise of Saraki as a huge loss because he meant so much to the downtrodden and the privileged few
It is unfortunate that Chief Saraki, a man of uncommon humility, a nationally acclaimed philanthropist and political icon, passed on at a time our country needed his invaluable service most. His loss is no doubt a monumental loss to our nation
He said Saraki exhibited simplicity, humility, unparalleled leadership qualities and a fatherly figure in all spheres of human interactions and life
Saraki’s youngest son, Olaolu, who said this in his Cameron, Ikoyi, Lagos State home where he died at about 6am, however, said the late Waziri of Ilorin was comfortable in his last days on earth
A statement from the General Manager of the Club, Alloy Chukwuemeka, said that the team commiserates with the Proprietor of the club, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, the entire Saraki family, the Kwara State Government and Kwarans on the great loss.
Ahmed, in a statement, said Saraki died in his bed in his Lagos State home on Wednesday morning as earlier reported by The Eagle Online
Saraki, who has been in and out of hospitals in the last two years, it was learnt, died in Lagos on Wednesday morning