Said Saraki is politically finished in Kwara
The National Chairman of the All peoples Congress (APC) Adams Oshiomhole was his comical best on Monday, while fielding questions from State House Correspondents moments after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari.
He said showing the former Senate president and strongman of Kwara politics Dr Bukola Saraki the red card, was his greatest achievement in the last election. He demanded the reporters praise him for the feat which to him was like killing a Goliath in the politics of Kwara.
He said he would not hesitate to sing his praise in the market square if no one is ready to celebrate his feat.
He said: “If you don’t celebrate me, then I will be like the lizard, I will praise myself if you State House correspondents don’t praise me.” he said smiling.
Oshiomhole considers the political eclipse of former Senate President Bukola Saraki as one of his greatest achievements.
He said under his leadership as APC chairman, he successfully uprooted the former Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his cronies, politically, in Kwara. Therefore, he declared himself politically smarter than Saraki.
”Remember I was saying that Saraki must be removed, people would say how would I do it? I said okay if he resists removal then we would uproot.
“We went to Kwara, we did OTOGE(Enough is Enough), we uprooted Saraki and you cannot commend me for this? You know who Saraki is? If you are talking of the smartest political player, seasoned smart guy, he is.
”But for every smartness he has, I have a superior smartness. At the end of the day who won?
“As a senate president, we uprooted him as senator, we uprooted his nominee for governor and senators, we put our own.
”Today, he doesn’t have one senator in Kwara, he doesn’t have one House of Representatives in Kwara. Everything in Kwara is APC and you can’t commend me for that?