Saraki’s Former Aide, Yinka Aluko Vows to Unseat His Boss at NASS

It is no longer news that Kwara State is one of the states in Nigeria where contest in the forthcoming general election will be so keen owing to the strength of gladiators who have expressed interest to cie for one seat or the other.

Although, the tussle will only be restricted to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressive Congress, APC, being the major highly dominated political parties in the state.

Most obvious of the contest would between the former Governor of Kwara State and Chairman Senate Committee in the national assembly, Dr. Bukola Saraki of the APC (although, he is yet to pick re-election form), and his former Security Adviser, Mallam Yinka Aluko of the PDP who has since collected the nomination form of the party.

Saraki’s former aide who vowed to unseat his ex-boss through the ballot in the 2015 election pointed out that the people of Kwara Central desired better representation than it is being rendered by Dr. Bukola Saraki.

It was gathered that Mallam Aluko was the longest Security Adviser in the history of Kwara State and Nigeria at large haven served two administrations of former Governor Bukola Saraki for eight years and Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed for two years respectively.

To some feelers, the aspirant, if emerged as the flagbearer of the PDP, will pose serious threat to Saraki owing to his vast experience in various fields of human endeavours and most especially as his major election winning strategist who brought him from Lagos to Ilorin in 2003 to contest for the gubernatorial seat.

Although, Saraki has governed Kwara State from 2003 to 2011 and succeeded in installing his erstwhile commissioner for Finance and later commissioner for Economic and Planning, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed as the current governor of the state.

Meanwhile, the ex-governor rode on the goodwill of his performance and the chief administrator of the state for eight years to earn himself the Kwara Central Senatorial ticket, a seat held by his sister, Senator Gbemisola Saraki until 2011 when she contested for the governorship seat on the platform of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, ACPN,

Shortly after collecting the nomination form at the party secretariat along Asa Dam road, Ilorin, Mallam Aluko promised to contribute his own quota to the socio economic development of the people of the Kwara central senatorial district during the 2015 general elections.

According to him, “I am prepared to serve the people of the Kwara central senatorial district so as to add values to their socio well being. There is no doubt that, I possess all the neccessary exposures that will endear the people of my senatorial district to vote for me if I am giving the mandate during the party’s primary.”

The PDP cheiftain who described the PDP as a democratic party in Nigeria and Africa said that, the party has created a platform for all intending aspirants to seek any elective positions of the party.

“The gesture has gingered many members of the party to come out to seek elective positions in this forthcoming elections in the country. I enjoin all other people who are still outside PDP to come into the party in order to contribute their quota towards the development of Kwara and Nigeria in particular.”

He however implored the people of the state to continue to support the PDP so as to assist the party to win the next year general elections in the state.