. I did with interest, disrelish and bewilderment. The write-up, he proclaimed was in reaction to a particular programme in which “some Kwarans took over the media with salacious tales of how Senator Saraki wined and dined with them.” He then digressed by forming an opinion of the person of President of the 8th Senate, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki.
Abdullateef cannot be blamed in isolation though. This is a vivid indication of bad leadership, where subordinates err rascally with no principal close by to check the excesses. But what do we do? Have we assurances of a change bear in the few years when Malam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq still has to spend in the saddle? Only time will tell.
It is disheartening to many that the man they labelled “bossy” has been able to sustain the family tradition to sacrifice for the people and at a time like this, fulfil the commandment of his Creator and the principles of Prophet Mohammed who command us to share with love and break fast with brethren. It’s laughable for the writer to reason that “he ate with them on the same chair, shook hands and took selfies after the meal.
A couple of weeks ago, Abdulwasiu Tejidini, an appointee of the Kwara State Governor, described him as not being different from Prophet Muhammed. Such a description was close to insanity and was never treated as such. Such are the traits of political nuisances and sycophants. Unlike Tejidini, an appointee of Governor Abdulrazaq, those who hosted the Iftar programme on the radio were not even Saraki’s aides or his political party executives.