PDP crisis: Four prominent Kwarans marked for assassination?
*Ex VC, minister, Senator and party chairman listed
*PDP denies Saraki’s link to the attempt

By Ayo Fasanmi, Ilorin

As the crisis hitting the ruling People Democratic Party (PDP) rages and ravages the sickly pores of their venation, we gathered that in Kwara, where major actors of the party’s crisis are from, the situation has bordered on an assassination list that is circulating in the state capital making people become jittery with the trend of events.

The pro-Bamanga Tukur end of the PDP divide have come up to say that the Baraje-end have listed four of their leaders for assassination. The source told www.gongnews.net that “these individuals’ heads may have been paid for by the one whose grip on the control of the state’s political machinery is fast withering.”

Of names touted in the list are former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Shuaib Oba Abdulraheem, who was a gubernatorial candidate at the last party elections. He is currently the Federal Character Commission Board Chairman.

Senator Ajadi Suleiman Makanjuola, former Senator from Kwara South, 1999-2003 and a former lecturer at the state polytechnic was also listed on the assassination list.
Former Sports minister, Hon. Isa Ibrahim Bio, who was a former House of Representative member representing Baruten/Kaiama constituency was said to be on the list; Bio also contested the state’s gubernatorial election that produced the sitting governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed. Bio was also a former Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly and held portfolio as a former Minister of Transport.

A fourth person listed on the said list include Barrister Kunle Sulyman, the first PDP Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State.

It would be recalled that the former chairman of the party in the state, Barrister Kunle Sulyman, had last weekend alleged threat to his life over reports that he may re-emerge for the position.

Sulyman, who was Kwara State PDP chairman between 1999 and 2001, in a statement by his media aide, Shehu Tijani, and made available to www.gongnews.net said he has received several hate mails and text messages since a media publication that he may re-emerge as the new chairman of the party in the state.

He said: “I have received several hate mails, text messages and some mysterious people have visited my house and even trailed my car since the publication.”

In response to an e-mail inquiry about the charges of assassination in the state, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) through its publicity secretary, Masu’d Adebimpe said, “we received with shock the alleged assassination attempt on four members of our party, the claim was a ploy to seek attention.

He continued, “First and foremost, the party wish to state that there was no iota of truth in the alleged claim and our Leader Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki would and never plotted assassinating any individual or group of people, either party men or non party member.

“The allaged (sic) claim that they belong to a group was news to us as at no time did any member of our party make a public declaration denouncing our state Chapter of our party, we remain one indivisible PDP member.

The Party wish to call on the Security agents in the state to as a matter of urgency investigate the alleged assassination attempt on these members of our party.

Thorough investigation into the alleged claim become (sic) necessary to ascertain the veracity and otherwise of their claim and to bring to book those behind this heinous act.

However the Party wish to warned (sic) those behind this falacy and scrupulous claim to be mindful of their utterances, as the party as well as the State government would not allowed (sic) any Individual or group of persons to plung (sic) our dear state of harmony back to the dark age which we had all put behind us.

The PDP in Kwara remain (sic) united and formidable under the leadership of Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki and our National Chairman Alh. Abubakar Kawu Baraje.
Kwara Politics has managed to dig further on the assassination attempts. The information scooped in the process led to the revelation of the names of the Kwara state political stalwarts marked for elimination. These individuals’ heads may have been paid for by the one whose grip on the control of the state's political machinery is fast withering are:
1. Prof. Shuaib Oba Abdulraheem, current FCC Board Chairman
2. Senator Ajadi Suleiman Makanjuola, former Senator from Kwara South, 1999-2003
3. Hon. Isa Ibrahim Bio, former Fed House of Rep member (Baruten Kaiama constituency); Former Speaker, KWHA; Former Minister of: Transportation & National Sports Commission.
4. Lawyer Kunle Sulaiman, First PDP Chairman in Kwara State.

Other names will follow soon. Stay tuned as events unfold.

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