27/08/2026
“No More G1, G2; We Are One Big Family” — Sen.Bukola Saraki Urges PDP Members to Unite for 2027 Victory
Former Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has called on members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State to put aside past divisions and unite as one family ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Saraki made the call when he hosted the Senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial District, Senator Saliu Mustapha, and the PDP Kwara North Senatorial candidate, Dr Baba Jiya Kolo, alongside their supporters, at his residence in Ilorin on Wednesday.
The meeting followed the recent defection of Senator Mustapha from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the PDP and the emergence of Dr Baba Jiya Kolo as the party’s senatorial candidate for Kwara North.
Saraki, according to a statement issued by his Press Officer on Local Matters, Abdulganiyu Abdulqadir, welcomed Mustapha and Kolo, describing their commitment to the PDP as a courageous step towards rebuilding, developing and advancing Kwara State.
He commended the two leaders and their supporters for joining the PDP and urged party members across the state to embrace one another irrespective of their previous political affiliations or differences.
The former Senate President said the PDP must now operate as a united political family, declaring that there was “no more G1 or G2.”
“There is no more G1 or G2; today, we belong to one big family and should operate as such,” Saraki said.
He urged members of the party to accommodate one another across wards and Local Government Areas, stressing that unity and collective commitment would be critical to the party’s success at the polls.
Saraki also made a light-hearted remark about Senator Mustapha’s familiarity with PDP members, noting that his ability to recognise members of the party’s structure by their faces and names demonstrated that he had maintained a good history with the political structure.
He subsequently charged PDP members and candidates to remain focused on the 2027 elections, identifying the APC-led administration of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq as the party’s common political opponent.
Saraki further emphasised the need for inclusive governance and equitable distribution of political opportunities, urging PDP candidates to remember the sacrifices made by the people and ensure that the dividends of democracy reach all sections of the state if elected.
Senator Mustapha, who recently resigned from the APC, joined the PDP and obtained the party’s nomination form to contest the Kwara Central Senatorial District seat.
Similarly, Dr Baba Jiya Kolo, the Hasken Patigi, emerged as the PDP’s senatorial candidate for Kwara North.
Speaking at the gathering, Mustapha expressed appreciation to the PDP leadership under Saraki, the State Working Committee led by Hon. Issa Adamu Bawa, and party elders across the state for the warm reception accorded him and his supporters.
The senator pledged to work with members of the PDP to strengthen the party and bring about political change in Kwara State.
Mustapha criticised the present administration, describing it as a “dictatorship of a monster who believes Kwara is his personal property estate,” and called on PDP members to work collectively to end what he described as the governor’s “shenanigans.”
He maintained that the people of Kwara must reclaim their political power and establish a political culture in which whoever occupies the seat of government understands that political authority ultimately belongs to the people.
The meeting further underscored the PDP’s efforts to consolidate its political structure ahead of the 2027 elections, with party leaders urging members to prioritise unity, inclusion and collective mobilisation across the state.
