Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, former governor of Kwara State and a former senate president of alongside his sister, Senator Gbemisola Saraki, the Minister of State, Mines and Steel development, have put their differences aside to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of their father, Dr Abubakar Olusola Saraki.
The duo have not been on good terms for a while now.
It all started in 2011 when Gbemisola would have become Nigeria’s first female Governor, but her brother had directly opposed her by supporting Abdulfathai Ahmed’s political ambition. Despite the fact that she was her late father’s preferred candidate in the state’s governorship election under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party.
Bukola had disclosed that it was morally wrong for his blood sister to succeed him in office as governor. A Lagos-based cleric, Sheikh Sulaiman Farooq Onikijipa, tried to step into the rivalry of the Saraki siblings then, however, the result was not totally positive.
In 2018, Gbemisola indicated her desire to contest for the Kwara Central Senatorial District, the same constituency where her brother was representing in the Senate at that time, an act which further compounded their rivalry. Well the duo this past week, put aside their differences to organise the 10th Memorial Anniversary prayer of their late father which was held at Ilorin Juma’at Central Mosque, Ilorin, Kwara State. They cheerfully embraced each other as they got to the venue and jointly welcomed guests to the event. They also sat next to each other.
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