The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has disclosed the details of a meeting he had with Akogun Iyiola Oyedepo, the Kwara State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other bigwigs in the party, over the political future of Senate President Bukola Saraki in the state.
Mohammed, in an interview with the media, said that Oyedepo and the three senatorial district chairmen of the PDP in Kwara told him that Saraki’s political dominance in the state is limited.
Oyedepo and the three PDP senatorial district chairmen in Kwara recently defected to the APC after Saraki defected to the PDP.
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Mohammed said, “To answer your question, I think APC can only go stronger in Kwara State because what we are witnessing today is like a liberation, and from the support I have received so far, including the entire leadership of the party, led by the Chairman, Akogun Oyedepo Iyiola, who met with me and the National Chairman with 17 other leaders, including Prof. Oba Abdulraheem, Sen. S.S. Ajibola, all the three senatorial district chairmen of the PDP in the state, gives me confidence that Saraki’s days in dominating Kwara politics are limited.
“What we have today is some members of the APC decamping to the PDP.
“I say some members because many members have refused to go. But we have gained more from those who say rather than stay in the same party with Saraki, they would rather come to the APC.
“As far as the people of Kwara State are concerned, it was as if finally, the state was being liberated.
“The excitement today in Kwara State is akin to how Nigeria felt on the eve of independence.
“I have received and consulted with delegations. As a matter of fact, I am meeting on the 19th of this month if it is convenient for me with about 200 leaders of Kwara PDP, ranging from a former speaker in the Second Republic to community leaders across the state.”