20/01/2024
*Yakubu Danladi-Salihu; A Puppet Speaker Blackmailing Other Prospective Guber Aspirants Ahead of 2027*
_By Ayuba Musbau Kawu, Arc_
He who lives in a Golden-Glass-House throws not a pebble. For every pebble is capable of attracting not only stones but destructive ones - A M Kawu
Ibrahim Sheriff Gold, an unsuccessful political entrepreneur who got sacked by the same Speaker he bootlicks day and night, lacks credible integrity to talk on the development of Kwara State politics talkless of defending the same Speaker now. For a political w***e like him, a man needs no integrity to play politics. For such characters like him to be eating back their vomit can not be a surprise to those who know them for who they are.
It's no surprise reading through an article written by Sheriff Gold to defend Rtd. Hon. Yakubu Dalandi-Salihu, because he's a known political entrepreneur turned a political-w***e. But what's surprising there is the way he shamelessly presented himself as a 'lecturer' lecturing in KWASU (the position Speaker Dalandi dictatorially and undemocratically secured for him after firing him as his aide to enable him to be used as obvious now) yet he shamelessly presented the same man - Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, CON - whose brain, efforts and administration birthed the institution, which trained and now putting food in his belly and that of his family's, as a man whose reign(s) had no developmental impact in Kwara/on Kwarans. What an ungrateful and shameless being!
In the same vein, he shamelessly defended Mal. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq as the 'best' thing to have ever happened to Kwara and Kwarans, the same man himself and his co-travelers in SDP demonized and condemned in totality during last year's electioneering for his obvious lack of direction and intentions for good Governance. What has now changed?
If you ask me, the only change for political-w***e like Sheriff Gold is the presence of political patronage which has yielded him a lecturing job and many more crumbs at the expense of the masses. You will want to agree with me that, when speaking, such character should not be taken seriously.
In his failed attempt to defend his belly, he lied and presented it like it's the opposition who started their 'imaginary' political war but denied the constitution of his boss's obvious commissioning of coordinators in all wards within the state which some discerning analysts in the state, capitalized on by exposing the plot. Since he got exposed by them, in his desperation attempt, Dalandi has been sponsoring media attacks against both Kwara Central and Kwara South Senatorial Districts, especially Kwara South, because he believes KS is the only axis that will try to wrestle the APC Gubernatorial ticket from him. The attack which Kwara Southerners, through Senator Lola Ashiru, yesterday, has now reciprocated.
As I said earlier, Dalandi's attack is not only limited to KS, although it's the main target but also extended to Kwara Central where Dahiris of Ilorin like the Turaki of Ilorin-Sen. Saliu Mustapha, Prof. Abubakar Suleiman, and Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, CON-Waziri of Ilorin are the major targets. Up North, the same Senatorial Dalandi represents, Sen. Umar Sadiq is suffering from Dalandi's attack. How best can a Warlord be described if not using Dalandi as an example in this case?
In the history of politics, political scheming is never a bad thing to do. Every good politician calculates and strategizes immediately after the conclusion of one election in preparation for another one. This was what Dalandi was caught doing, and got exposed by Kwarans, but because he did not want to be caught with this given the fact that he's the current speaker of KWHA, instead of man up to take full responsibility for his actions, he turned it to war using his commercial erats such as Sheriff Gold to front.
A previous attack was launched through Abiodun Fagbemi, who is qualified to be considered a traitor for his attempt, according to him, to successfully lure his friends in "friendly" chats to extract some info he sold out to Dalandi and others to help them in their war.
However, he did more harm than good to the man he thought he was defending than those he thought he was betraying.
According to him, "Abdulrazaq, who is also a second-term governor of the state, is in firm control of happenings at the 10th state House of Assembly under the Speakership of Salihu Yakubu-Danladi, a young and dynamic politician from the North Senatorial district of the state."
"The same story goes with Ojo Olayiwola Oyebode (Deputy Speaker), Oba Abdulkadir Magaji (House leader) and Abdulraheem Medinat Motunrayo (Deputy House Leader) and Kareem Ahmed Olayiwola, (Clerk)."
The above is nothing but the truth that every well-conscious Kwaran knows. We know that Mal. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has total control of the house and his puppet speaker is doing more harm than good to the development of Kwara State and Kwarans. The legislative arm of Government is designed to provide checks and balances between the masses and the executive arm of Government in favor of the former. But what we have here today is a house where "everything goes". In a saner house where every member of the house knows their responsibilities, not having rightly constituted Councils for the record 5 years now would not have been accepted, to mention just one out of the political heists of Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq against Kwarans with the support of Dalandi-led KWHA. To even think that some people somewhere are currently scheming for such an incapacitated character in Dalandi to become Governor of a state is very ridiculous and a disservice to one's state.
Fagbemi's attempt was followed by Sheriff's where both labored in vain and ended up causing more harm than good to their incapacitated Speaker and Governor. The latter comfortably alleged Bashiru Olorunwa to be faceless Engr. Kola Sh*ttu, the immediate PDP Chairman. Yet was very furious because his boss, Dalandi, was alleged to be constituting coordinator for his 2027 Gubernatorial ambition. What a hypocrite!
Also, his failed attempt to project the puppet Yakubu Danladi-Salihu as "undoubtedly the best legislative arm in the history of legislative democracy in Kwara State" is enough for any right-thinking Kwaran not to take him seriously. One will wonder whether this 'lecturer' knows what 'democracy' is all about. If not, how can one call such an incapacitated character under whose nose LGA Councils got paralyzed and the same person who 'revoked' a passed FOI bill by his predecessor as commanded by the Executive arm as the 'best legislative arm'? What achievements can he push forward to merit a governorship ticket, as Speaker in the last five years, let alone the votes of Kwarans?
Just as anyone, Rtd. Hon. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu is allowed to start scheming for his obvious Gubernatorial ambition as early as this. However, what is not proper is turning this into war and alleging others for doing so after responding appropriately to the war he started. He should be man enough to take responsibility for his actions, that alone may convince, even though I doubt it, many Kwarans of his change from his current puppet status.
Danladi, the dude who uses the Governor's name to blackmail other prospective aspirants, even from Kwara North, lacks sincerity, competence, and political maturity to lead this state.
*Ayuba Musbau Kawu, Arc, writes from Ilorin, Kwara State*
