By Niyi Akinnaso
His
followers back home in Ilorin say it openly, that for Bukola Saraki,
Senate presidency is merely a stepping-stone; the ultimate goal remains
Aso Villa!
– Is’haq Modibbo Kawu, Vanguard, July 9, 2015
It’s like one of our members from the
Peoples Democratic Party … they still have the PDP sentiments, and they
are using it to achieve their objectives … They may be successful in
the short term, but it’s going to ruin them in the long term … This is
because once one is adjudged unreliable, nobody will trust such an
individual with higher authority.
– Chief Audu Ogbeh, commenting on the antics of Senator Bukola Saraki’s election as the Senate President.
It is generally believed that the
mutinous and beleaguered President of the Senate, Abubakar Bukola
Saraki, is not simply a power monger, he is also a power grabber. He has
been known to display both traits at the slightest opportunity. His
ultimate goal, it is believed, is to become the President of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria. No one knows this better than his local supporters
back home in Ilorin as the first opening quote suggests. However, if
Ogbeh’s comment is anything to go by, and anyone who knows Ogbeh well
knows that he is not flippant with words, Saraki’s ultimate ambition may
elude him, precisely for the
