Effort to erase Saraki’s legacies in Kwara will fail – Ilorin West PDP tells Abdulrazaq  

Elders and members of the Ilorin West chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have advised Kwara state governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to face the task of governance instead of dissipating energy on petty issues.
They said every efforts aimed at erasing the legacies of the late strongman of Kwara politics and Second Republic Senate Leader, Dr Olusola Saraki will fail.
The PDP chairman in Ilorin West LG, Alhaji Ahmed Baba Okota made these submissions at a news conference he addressed on behalf of the party’s stakeholders at the party’s secretariat along Agbo-Oba area of the Ilorin metropolis.
Akota said that the late Saraki’s legendary humanitarian gestures during his life time had implanted his love permanently in the hearts of the people.
He added: The late Dr Olusola Saraki’s legendary humanitarian activities were not restricted to the period of partisan politics alone. Even, during the prolonged military rule in Nigeria, Saraki Oloye continued with his unmatched humanitarian gestures at his charity home- Ile Arugbo.
“Recent actions of Governor AbdulRazaq which tend towards erasing the legacies of Baba Saraki, therefore, came to us as a rude shock.
“We concur with the submissions of earlier commentators on these issues, both prominent individuals and organisations that the government’s actions are nothing but a pure vendetta and vindictiveness!
“It’s important to make it clear to His  Excellency, Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq and his advisers that there is nothing anyone can do to erase the legacies of the late Oloye Saraki. Indeed, Saraki lives in the heart of the people. And this is not accidental, it was designed.
“The Wazirin Gari had always been there for  his people at the time of their needs. It was Saraki who provided water for our people when they were thirsty and no help was coming from anywhere. Saraki erected brick water tanks at strategic locations within Ilorin metropolis and used his water tankers to supply them with potable water for their domestic use. It was the same Saraki that constructed bridges across the popular Amule River (Amule Saraki) to facilitate vehicular movements in the downtown Ilorin.
“Saraki also sponsored the education of numerous indigent students and medical treatments of many, especially the aged. The list of Saraki’s interventions in the lives of the people of Ilorin Emirate, in particular, and Kwara in general is endless. This is why they have taken him as their hero.
“In the light of the above we will like to call on Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to listen to the voice of reason by rescinding his decisions aimed at erasing Saraki’s legacies. It’s the duty of every government to ensure the welfare of the people. So, if anyone is engaging in humanitarian gestures to put smiles on the faces of the needy and the downtrodden, any serious government should encourage such an individual.”