Turaki Of Ilorin: Why I Replaced Saraki With Buhari Ally, Mustapha – Emir

The Emir of Ilorin in Kwara State, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari has justified his replacement of former Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, with Alhaji Saliu Mustapha as the Turaki of Ilorin.

Sulu-Gambari had few days ago, appointed Mustapha to replace Saraki as the new Turaki of Ilorin.

Turaki of Ilorin was a title previously held by the Sarakis, a renowned and influential political family in Kwara State.

Greenwhitegreen gathered that the former Senate Leader and juggernaut of Kwara politics, late Olusola Saraki, the father of the immediate past Senate President, Bukola Saraki, once held the title before he was elevated to the position of Waziri.

Olusola Saraki’s son, Bukola Saraki, a former Governor of the State, stepped into his father’s shoe and held the title between 2006 and 2018.

The younger Saraki was later turbaned as the Waziri, succeeding his father for the second time.

But, Sulu-Gambari while speaking on Tuesday in Ilorin, noted that he appointed the All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairmanship aspirant to replace Bukola Saraki because of his (Mustapha) benevolence and commitment towards the development of the city.

Sulu-Gambari spoke when Mustapha led a delegation of prominent Ilorin sons and daughters to the palace on a show of gratitude visit after the conferment of the revered and exalted title.

The monarch, who is the Chairman of the Kwara Traditional Council, added that Mustapha got his honorary title owing to his huge investments and uncommon acts of philanthropy in the Ilorin emirate over the last decade.

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He described the 48-year old politician as a role model to his peers and incoming generations.

Sulu-Gambari said, “He (Mustapha) is someone that everybody knows in the Emirate.

“He is someone who spends virtually all that he has got for the development of the Emirate and beyond.

“He is also trying his best to propagate Islam.

“It is people like him that are deserving of traditional titles, and that is why he has been so conferred.”

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