PERSONAL OPEN LETTER TO SENATOR BUKOLA
SARAKI, THE ELDEST SON OF MY BOSSOM FRIEND,
THE LATE SENATOR (DR) OLUSOLA SARAKI, FORMER
LEADER OF THE 2ND REPUBLIC SENATE
My Dear Son
I believe this my unusual Open letter will not come to
you as a surprise, however, whatever embarrassment
or inconveniences it will cause you, I have no regret,
having regard to the issue raised therein.
I read with grief the statement made by one Mr Femi
Ogunsola, eldest son of late Pa Prof, Albert Ogunsola
who recently passed on at the age of 90. The name
Prof. Ogunsola rang bell when I remembered that my
late friend and political associate and your father,
Senator (Dr.) Olusola Saraki, (Waziri Ilorin),
mentioned to me his desire to recommend one of the
sons of Pa Prof. Ogunsola as a Minister and that his
son Senator Bukola Saraki who was then the
Governor of Kwara State and who was very close to
the presidency, wanted another candidate. Later
again, he informed me that he has agreed to support
the candidate nominated by his son. This was ever
before the show of shame exhibited by your own
father mainly because he did support your younger
sister, Senator Gbemi Saraki becoming Governor of
Kwara State.
However, after you had arrogantly triumphed and
humiliated your father and your sister, and greedily
seized the central seat, you even encouraged your
followers to derogate and call your sister unprintable
names. These were the grievances and the pains of
your later father, Senator (Dr.) Olusola Saraki, the
Iroko of Kwara State who visited me with about six of
his supporters at my T.Y. Danjuma residence,
Asokoro, Abuja after the 2011 Gubernatorial
elections in Kwara State, he said he wanted to correct
certain impression that has been created in the
media after the 2011 election and that the Media has
reported that he has settled with his son (Bukola
Saraki) and I replied that I read about it. The
statement was not true and that all he did was to
return to PDP as a result of pressure from his well
wishers and this should not be misconstrued as a
reconciliation with his son, Bukola. He went further to
state that he has no reason for an immediate
reconciliation with his son whom he did everything
for, but naked him in public. He went on to cite an
instance to support his statement to me. He said one
of his sons has just married in Spain and he directed
that you, Bukola should not be allowed to attend the
wedding ceremony in Spain. He left my house a
dejected and frustrated father.
I was away in London for my Medical check-up when
my good friend, Senator (Dr.) Olusola Saraki, who
was my closest friend in the Second Republic passed
on. I immediately phoned you from London but your
Aid who answered my telephone said you were very
busy with your father’s funeral ceremony. On my
return to Nigeria, I sent delegation of 3 including
Professor Saliba Mukoro, Prince E. K. Okojie and Chief
Richard Lamai to represent me at the “40-day Fidau”.
They met you, Senator Gbemi Saraki and your
mother, Mrs Florence Saraki. While it is true, I have
nothing to benefit from a “Thank You” from the great
“Senator Bukola Saraki”, because it is normal for
courtesy to return from such kind gesture for an
Elder who was a friend of your father. However, it did
not come to me as a surprise.
Thereafter, I phoned your mother to commiserate
with her and to fix a date for me to visit her in lagos.
She replied, she was planning to visit me in Abuja to
appeal to me to reconcile you and your sister Gbemi,
I accepted her request. Immediately I went into
action and every attempt to contact you with the
same telephone number with which I phoned you in
London has failed for the past 9 months. I went
further to contact some on the friends of your late
father who were with him in the organisation known
as “Northern Union” and you deliberately refused to
contact me and I felt upset, dejected and sad, as you
can be my biological son, and I remember many
years ago when you were in Kings College, Lagos and
my nephew, Engr. Ebiakpor Clark. But I did not know
that other prominent Nigerians were also making
serious effort to reconcile you and your sister until I
read the statement by Mr. Femi Ogunsola as
published in the Nation Newspaper of today (20th
November, 2013) at page 57, where he lamented as
reproduced hereunder:
“His late father’s only regret was his inability to
reconcile Senator Bukola Saraki and his younger
sister, Senator Gbemisola Saraki. The younger
Ogunsola, a Commissioner representing Kwara State
at the Federal Character Commission (FCC), added “I
remember his last words were “what will I tell Dr.
Saraki if I meet him again; if the differences between
the brother and sister are not resolved.” “Even on his
death bed, he said Saraki’s children are vital to the
continued peace in Kwara”.
It is therefore, with great pain I join the late Professor
Ogunsola to appeal to you to clampdown from your
“political Throne” which you have seized from your
father without his blessings and humble yourself
from arrogance of power. You should remember that
power belongs to God and he gives it to whom he
chooses, and no one can arrogate to himself which
Allah did not give to him and humility cause nothing
and no matter your masquerading as a political
leader of Kwara State which you believed you
genuinely inherited from your father, Kwara State
can never be the same again. No amount of
celebration anybody makes during the 1st
Anniversary of Senator (Dr.) Olusola Saraki, except
such person shows remorse and openly ask for
forgiveness for the wrong done to your father.
Finally,I repeat again, I have no regret in addressing
this open letter to you, because what you did to the
late Professor Ogunsola in refusing the 90 years old
man reconcile you with your younger sister Gbemi
when he was alive, may also happen to me when I
am dead and I do not want my son to do like Femi
Ogunsola did, and to tell the world that I regretted for
not been able to reconcile Bukola and Gbemi as
requested by their mother.
Once again, I appeal to you as a son, to clamp down
from your high office and put your pride and
arrogance aside and face the realities of life, because,
your father, Ogunsola and I have seen it all.
Thank you and God bless
Yours sincerely,
SIGNED
CHIEF (DR) EDWIN KIAGBODO CLARK OFR, CON,
FORMER FEDERAL MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND
SENATOR IN THE 2ND REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

all is well there r three tins DAT corrupt man d most
power
money; and
lust


I hope its not too late b4 Dis dude realises the actual reality of life which Solomon in all is wealth and wisdom said "vanity upon vanity all is vanity"

bukola o! bukola o!! bukola o!!! e melo ni mo pe o? eni awi fun oba je ko gbo!

please yeaild to the advice of the elders.

debayun: all is well there r three tins DAT corrupt man d most
power
money; and
lust


I hope its not too late b4 Dis dude realises the actual reality of life which Solomon in all is wealth and wisdom said "vanity upon vanity all is vanity"

i pray...

when did "former federal minister" become a current title like Dr, Mr, etc?

This country never ceases to amuse


nuclearboy
former observer of a ridiculous society

nuclearboy: when did "former federal minister" become a current title like Dr, Mr, etc?

This country never ceases to amuse


nuclearboy
former observer of a ridiculous society

Chief Clark is a sore loser.
He has seen that Kwara State is now 100% APC since no meaningful politician is in PDP. He decides write an open letter about Saraki after all effort to convince Ahmed to dish his god-father failed.
Would Clark be writing this, if Ahmed didn't join APC with Bukola?

His next letter will be to Wamako.

kel4soft: Chief Clark is a sore loser.
He has seen that Kwara State is now 100% APC since no meaningful politician is in PDP. He decides write an open letter about Saraki after all effort to convince Ahmed to dish his god-father failed.
Would Clark be writing this, if Ahmed didn't join APC with Bukola?

His next letter will be to Wamako.

EDWIN CLARKE SHOULD HAVE ADDRESSED HIS LETTER TO DUMBO JO.
KWARA IS GONE.
EVEN THE LOCUST (SARAKI ) CANNOT TOLERATE THE STENCH OF "FRESH AIR" .

kel4soft: Chief Clark is a sore loser.
He has seen that Kwara State is now 100% APC since no meaningful politician is in PDP. He decides write an open letter about Saraki after all effort to convince Ahmed to dish his god-father failed.
Would Clark be writing this, if Ahmed didn't join APC with Bukola?

His next letter will be to Wamako.

someone is trying to bring peace between the children of his late friend and you're talking nonsense. Didnt you read where the late Saraki's wife asked him to mediate ? APC ko PDP ni

Please my senator reconcile with sis Gbemishola. God bless u.

^^^Nobody mediates or tries to appease to a man he calls a son via an open letter stuffed with derogatory and offensive jabs, not even sparing the late Saraki. There is more to this media stunt than appeals to the psyche

talktimi: someone is trying to bring peace between the children of his late friend and you're talking nonsense. Didnt you read where the late Saraki's wife asked him to mediate ? APC ko PDP ni

He will quickly tell you he is an Opobo man. They keep their best Venom for the SS people.

Good job by Edwin Clark no matter what his intentions are but one thing is sure and it is that Bukola cannot manage his fathers empire. Yoruba's said 'erin ki fon ki omo e naa tun fon' meaning an elephant cannot be dominating while his son follow suit. We Kwarans are ready to be liberated. Bukola going to APC is the end of his relevance in politics because he won't listen to Tinubu or follow the party structure and will soon be thrown out of APC.

atlwireles:

He will quickly tell you he is an Opobo man. They keep their best Venom for the SS people.

the boy na yeye pikin I tell you

There is something called adult delinquency... between two geriatrics, Clark amd Obj , I do not know who is a better letter writer. It is open season.

See how these so called leaders groom their children on a chess board...lobby me i lobby you.... putting them in office. This is how they have been "chopping and cleaning mouth " all these years.

I can bet my bottom dollar Clark cannot write to Wammako or Kwankwaso... as my people say..the tail of the camel is too far from the ground,,, because there are no cabalstic sentiments to be exploited.

If Bukola did not give PDP a bloody nose we could not have heard this.

This same Clark, older people will remember was rubbished during the Murtala era... self enrichment...mopping up properties in Benin, including cinema houses.

Let GEJ open the books on corruption involving past leaders and their names will have less worth than the paper used in writing them.

citizenY: There is something callefd adult delinquency... between two geriatrics, Clark amd Obj , I do not know who is a better letter writer. It is open season.

See how these so called leaders groom their children on a chess board...lobby me i lobby you.... puttibg them in office. This is how they have been "chopping and cleaning mouth " all these years.

I can bet my bottom dollar Clark cannot write to Wammako or Kwankwaso... as my people say..the tail of the camel is too far from the ground,,, because there are no cabalstic sentiments to be exploited.

If Bukola did not give PDP a bloody nose

that aside, I believe Clark is the worst friend Gej ever kept close to him.

With due respect to the old man.. His main aim of writing this letter is bring Bukola back to PDP for GEJ. Senior Saraki died long ago, how come its now that Bukola has dumped the PDP that he remembers his promise to his (Bukola) mother to reconcile him with his sister. Feuds between sibling never last forever, they will definitely settle themselves eventually weather he intervenes or not..