KWARA 2019: MM, OLODODO, ALUKO, OTHERS HIJACK PDP STRUCTURE FOR SARAKI
Bashar Akanbi writes from the ancient city of Ilorin.
In the wake of preparations for the 2019 general elections, recall that I unveiled the plans of Hon. Mashood Mustapha popularly known as MM to defect to the People’s Democratic Party under the guise of fighting Sen. Bukola Saraki for not considering him as a suitable candidate for Kwara gubernatorial seat come 2019. Also recall that both Yinka Aluko and Rasaq Lawal denied the undiluted information i provided with regards to their roles to help MM get a soft-landing and gubernatorial ticket in the PDP. Note that Hon. Mashood Mustapha dare not debunk the information.
At the moment, fresh facts are beginning to emerge regarding the plans of Hon. Mashood Mustapha and his cohorts whom have just resulted to adopting a bandwagon model to hijack the PDP in Kwara state, as he has aligned with the likes of Alh. Ganiyu Cook Olododo, Architect Lola Ashiru, Barr. Kunle Sulyman, Alh. Atanda Zoro and some party executives at the state whom have been bought over to ease their plans to hijack the party structure in Kwara state.
With their current plan, Mashood Mustapha will be the gubernatorial candidate, Mr. Ahmed Yinka Aluko will be positioned for Senatorial candidature of the PDP in Kwara Central, Lola Ashiru will be positioned for Kwara South senatorial candidature and Alh. Cook Olododo from Ilorin East local government will be positioned for Federal House of Representatives, Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency respectively.
From their plans, it would be realize that all participants in the proposed political rampage which is set for execution by first week of February 2018, when Hon. Mashood Mustapha will officially decamp to PDP alongside Alh. Cook Olododo is in no way characterized with the interest of Kwarans but selfish interests of the intending defectors and the desperate politicians in the ruling party.
This is considering the fact that Alh. Ahmed Yinka Aluko is presently economically disadvantaged and may not be able to finance his senatorial ambition, hence, his resolve to align with Hon. Mashood Mustapha to sponsor his elections, the same applies to Alh. Ganiyu Cook Olododo, a former Secretary to Kwara State Government and later Chief of Staff government house, who have since been politically relegated by Bukola Saraki. In the case of Architect Lola Ashiru, Hon. Mashood Mustapha recently visited him and sealed their arrangements to work at arms length to fulfill their personal ambitions.
Recall that Alh Cook Olododo served as Secretary to the State Government (SSG) and Chief of Staff to Senator Bukola Saraki, Ahmed Yinka Aluko was a two-term Special Adviser on Security matters to Senator Bukola Saraki and Hon. Mashood Mustapha was a Commissioner for Agriculture, the Shonga Farm deal was under his supervision, he also served as Commissioner for Land and Housing and supervised the sales and conversion of many public properties to private use and later served as the Representative member of Ilorin West/Asa Federal constituency and currently a Senior legislative aide to Senate President Bukola Saraki, hence, enabling him wealth amazement which has endeared him to the aforementioned politicians and some PDP executives who are hiddenly supporting his ambition because of his battered personality. Note that they all served together under Bukola Saraki including Alh. Raheem Adedoyin who heads MM’s thinkthank .
Knowing Senate President Bukola Saraki as a very shrewd political calculator who is aware of the impending doom that promises to rock the political dynasty he inherited in Kwara state, with the glimpse of what is to come shown him during the last local government elections where he and his foot-soldiers were roundly humiliated, with majority of the electorates voting against his candidates especially in Kwara Central.
Smarting from this reality, he has perfected plans to throwing the major opposition, PDP into disarray and their is nobody as capable that his man-friday who is considered the most suitable for the Gbemisola Saraki-like hatchet job of 2015 in 2019.
This would however come in a seemingly different mode given it’s bandwagon model, where we have along players like Alh. Ganiyu Cook Olododo, Alh. Yinka Aluko, Hon. Razak Lawal, Alh. Raheem Adedoyin among other selected former major players in government who are all in need of financial rehabilitation and life support.
Unfortunately, the PDP is seemingly insensitive to the emergence of the same factor that led to their failure in 2015 all in the name of political materialism at the detriment of the people of Kwara state who is at the moment, seeing PDP as the only alternative to the Saraki trauma they are experiencing.
On my path, I’ll continuously keep majority of Kwarans informed as the macabre dance continue unfold. Stay tune.