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2019: Saraki battles new foes in Kwara
Barely three months to the next general election, are some chieftains of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, urged on by aggrieved members and groups within the party, creating fresh hurdles for embattled Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, to cross in his bid to retain his political control over the north-central state come 2019.
Indications emerged during the week that the crisis thrown up by the primary elections that produced Saraki and other candidates of the PDP in Kwara State may not be over just yet as two chieftains of the PDP are currently in court seeking the invalidation of the party tickets given to Saraki by the leadership of the PDP to contest the 2019 general elections.
Feelers within the camp of the Senate President confirmed that the legal action taken by the aggrieved former aspirants of the PDP, in spite of efforts to address their grievances by the leadership of the party in these state, is a source of concern for Saraki and his associates. “You understand why we will be bothered by such move at a time like this. We don’t want new enemies now, at least not within our own party,” our source quipped.
Saraki, who dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), few months back following lingering face-offs with the leadership of the party and the presidency, joined his former party, the PDP, and moved his political structure out of the APC into his new party, leaving those who stayed back in the ruling party to start rebuilding the APC. To his credit, almost the entire party structure in the state followed Saraki into the PDP when he defected.
The Nation, December 9, 2018
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