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Kwara Fulani community pledges support for Saraki

 

The Fulani community in Kwara state has pledged its allegiance to the Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki.
The community comprising of indigenous Fulan and Bororo assured Saraki of their support ahead of the 2019 general elections.
The leaders of the Fulani community, Alh Garba Dembo (Jowuro Oyun) and Mallam Usman Garba( the Fulani/ Bororo union’s secretary) gave the assurance on Friday when they paid a solidarity visit to the Senate President at his Iloffa, GRA residence in Ilorin.
Jowuro Oyun promised that his people will deliver their votes 100 per cent to all Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidates in next year’s general elections.
“We’re in full support of Dr Bukola Saraki. We gathered at the palace of the Emir of Ilorin, Alh Ibrahim Sulu- Gambari from where we marched down to Saraki’s residence to assure him of our 100 percent support.
“The late Dr Olusola Saraki during his life time contributed immensely to the growth and development of Kwara state. As a result of this, we the Fulani and Bororo are prepared to reciprocate the kind gesture of the late Saraki by giving his son, Dr Bukola Saraki 100 per cent support.
“Baba Saraki loved and cared for us, so, it’s natural that we should also love and support his son who is also following the footsteps of his father.
Also speaking, the Secretary of Bororo/ Fulani community, Mallam Usman Garba said : “We have been waiting for this day. We are going to support you 100 percent. When your father was alive, he did a lot for us. We are ready to reciprocate Baba’s kind gesture to us by supporting you, his son. There is nothing anyone can do for us to vote for the people we don’t know.”
Responding,the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki who was adored with Fulani’s hat thanked leaders and members of the Fulani community for identifying with his leadership.
While assuring them of his continued support, Saraki reminded them that the relatioship which exists between them and the Saraki political dynasty had been a long standing one.
“The Fulani community’s relationship with Saraki political dynasty has been a long standing one and it shall continue to flourish, ” he added.
The Senate President assured his visitors and Nigerians in general that the PDP government come 2019 will fulfill all its campaign promises.
He emphasised the need for the people of Kwara state to vote for the the PDP’s presidential candidate,  Atiku Abubakar, because “PDP has great plan for the people of the state. ”
Meanwhile, members of Kwara Fulani community have denounced Buhari’s endorsement by some of their kinsmen in Abuja, insisting that their allegiance remains only with the Senate President and national leader of the Peoples Democratic Party( PDP),Dr Bukola Saraki.
Addressing newsmen in Ilorin, the state capital,the leaders of the community said it was too late for them to desert Saraki whom they noted had been of greater assistance to them over the years.
The spokesman for the Fulani community in Kwara, Alhaji Ahmed Abubakar condemned the purported endorsement of Buhari,  saying those behind the decision were unknown to the Fulani people of Kwara.
He said: “We learn that some people went to Abuja to speak about endorsing someone, we dont know any of them, we dont know about it. We dont know any other person than Saraki. He is the only one we know here because he is the only one who has been providing for us.”
He said, ‘None of our people sent anyone to represent us, I am very conversant with the Fulani community in all the 16 local government areas of this state because I go to visit them regularly and so I know them. Therefore I know that those who spoke in Abuja were not our people, we did not send anybody. Bukola Saraki has been doing a lot for us, he has facilitated many amenities for us in our various settlements so we are with him and no other person.”

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