Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki has pleaded with the people of Kwara State against a repeat of the crushing defeat of his party in the recent presidential and National Assembly elections.
“Those you voted for in anger are not your people and cannot attend to your needs as we, who are your brothers will do,” he said at his Illofa GRA residence in Ilorin, Kwara State capital while addressing his supporters.
Saraki said with a united front, he is confident of victory for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)’s governorship candidate in the state, Razak Atunwa and other candidates in March 9th governorship and House of Assembly election.
He urged his supporters not to be discouraged by the outcome of the presidential and National Assembly elections in the state, urging them to troop out en masse to vote for the PDP in the March 9 elections.
Senator Saraki pleaded with his supporters and other aggrieved stakeholders to overlook wherever the system might have erred in the overall interest of Kwara state.
He told them that “those you voted for in anger are not your people and cannot attend to your needs as we, who are your brothers will do.”
Debunking insinuations that he had taken a flight from the state, he said:“I can’t run away. My covenant with my people transcends politics. I will never abandon my people. We should not fight. I leave everything to God. I will not fight even with those they declared winnners of the last weekend’s elections. We must cooperate for the governorship election. Once we do this, we shall win the election.”
He pleaded that “We should stop internal wrangling,” adding that ” We shall emerge victorious in the remaining election. I’m here to assure you that I shall never abandon you, my people. The people you have voted for are not known to you. We should forgive ourselves and move forward in the interest of our state.”