Increasingly, the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, is becoming a tool in the hands of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, SaharaReporters sources in Kwara State say.
The Senate President, who is facing prosecution for alleged false declaration of assets and possible loss of his exalted position, is using a variety of weapons to fight his political battles, and the most prominent of his battle axes are the Emir and State Governor Abdulfattah Ahmed.
A recent victim of the onslaught is Alhaji Ibrahim Oniye, Makaman Ilorin, who was suspended by Governor Ahmed as Chairman of Kwara State Parent-Teachers Association.
The suspension of Oniye, who was also barred by the Emir from stepping into his palace, did not come as a shock to many people in the state.
The man, although blind, is a reputed straight talker, who is not afraid to speak the truth to those in authority. His fearless nature was said to be one of the attributes that endeared him to the late Emir Aliyu Abdulkadir, the 10th Emir of Ilorin, who appointed him the first Makaman of the Ilorin Emirate in 1993.
Our sources say what got Oniye into trouble was his decision to tell Alhaji Sulu-Gambari that more people in Kwara are angry with Saraki and are actually cursing him. Oniye was said to have told the Emir that those cursing Saraki are mainly the poor, who see the Senate President as one who has taken what belongs to them and continues to do so through Governor Ahmed, who is seen as a stooge.
Alhaji Oniye was said to have made this observation known to the Emir at a meeting called by the latter to find out why huge financial outlays on prayers by Saraki failed to stop the Supreme Court from halting the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) from going ahead with the Senate President’s prosecution.
In attendance at the meeting were prominent Muslim clerics and Ilorin title holders, who preferred to deodorize the real situation until Oniye spoke and told the meeting about the anger of Kwarans with Saraki.
The treatment of Oniye by the palace and the governor has sparked disquiet in the state and invited scrutiny of the Emir.
SaharaReporters sources said that as word leaked that Alhaji Oniye had been suspended and that his PTA chairmanship would be taken away, the political establishment in Ilorin reversed the decision. By the time SaharaReporters reached Alhaji Oniye, it was apparent he had ready-made answers. Carefully picking his words, he denied he had not been suspended and blamed the news on those that might be jealous of his many titles and prestigious position within the Ilorin Emirate.
He also said he was never removed as the PTA chairman at the state level. He stressed that as he had never been “queried or indicted” for any malfeasance, he couldn’t have been removed.
Asked if he had spoken up for teachers whose salaries had remained unpaid in the state, he waxed philosophical saying he is the “father of all” and then asked rhetorically if there are no unpaid teachers in Osun, Bauchi, Kano and other places.
When SaharaReporters pressed Alhaji Oniye regarding the Saraki trial in Abuja, he gave interesting answers. First, he said it was his duty not to allow the image of Ilorin to be dragged in the mud by the trial since Saraki was Ilorin’s son, and later, that he would advise people not to jubilate over Saraki’s predicament unless he is pronounced guilty by the tribunal. When our reporter read this portion of his statement to him he asked that it be taken out completely saying he had no comment on Saraki because he doesn’t want to be dragged into politics.

http://saharareporters.com/2016/03/13/how-saraki-turned-emir-ilorin-‘houseboy’

It is well

Pls include the incumbent governor as one of the slave boy

oniye should'nt worry cct will fight for him

Ok

I don't just understand how people believe in perfect reliability of jazz. I've also come to the realization that those that have that belief are evil in nature and criminal in conduct.

Lol

Hahahaha

This week, na Saraki news go full for Front Page and most of the sources will be from Saharareporters.com

The Emir allowed himself to be turned to boiboi

useless write up... sahara reporters trying hard to tarnish the image of saraki and anyone close to him. to make sure saraki has no powerful supporter. we all know saraki is a thief why throwing the names of people associated with him to the mud...

useless journalists.

Saraki helped the Emir to remain as the No1 first class Fulani traditional ruler of the Yorubas in Kwara by demoting the Balogun to third class status after the defeat of Late former Governor Lawal in 2003.

The Emir has to do Sarakis bidding as long as Yorubas continue to 'dobale' for him and he remains the first class Fulani Oba cum Emir

irunooboo:

You guys should let this man have some peace. What is his crime? That he beat your masters?

Emir Zulu is a puppet

That was how It was rumoured that Bukola slapped Fatai Ahmed in his palace and presence few weeks back and Zulu-Gambari could not react, what a puppet.

na dem sabi..it's a free world.

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Watching and waiting till judgement day.....

Yoruba should support Saraki, the only reason our brothers in the north dont want him there is because they believe his not a full blooded northerner, they are seeing him as a mole! if the Senate president was a core northerner, the Duara man would have finalized his mission long time ago! but this doesnt mean his a good man ooo, the Idoma people had to support David Mark because his the only man they have in government!

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iykedare:


You guys should let this man have some peace. What is his crime? That he beat your masters?

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wat re u smoking

"How SaharaReporters started making inflammatory and silly headlines"

Does Zulu Gambari mean puppet?

Saraki is a criminal!

Shebi na the Emir loved to be used as errand boy.....

leisuretym:
Yoruba should support Saraki, the only reason our brothers in the north dont want him there is because they believe his not a full blooded northerner, they are seeing him as a mole! if the Senate president was a core northerner, the Duara man would have finalized his mission long time ago! but this doesnt mean his a good man ooo, the Idoma people had to support David Mark because his the only man they have in government!

Onisokuso, so ro ni yen?

Is that why he should go? Apc and propaganda. If the emir wants to be a houseboy to saraki, it's nobody's business.

Na dem kn

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This is getting interesting. Politics + drama = Polidrama

Saraki & yele Sowore should just get a room & sort themselves.