Why Bukola is the biggest loser in the concluded Nigeria elections

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In the just concluded Nigerian elections, Bukola Saraki is one of the biggest losers.

National Assembly elections held in Kwara Central Senatorial District, Mr Saraki, who contested on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), lost to Ibrahim Oloriegbe of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The defeat of the third-most powerful political office holder in the country has to be the biggest upset. Not only is the 56-year-old the current Senate president, but he was also the campaign manager for the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

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There is no love lost between Bukola Saraki and the president, who initiated a corruption inquiry against him. The Supreme Court cleared him of the charges last July – and the next month he defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

He had been seeking re-election to the senate to represent Kwara Central, but the APC’s Ibrahim Oloriegbe clinched the seat, effectively ending the dominance of the “Saraki dynasty” over Kwara’s politics for the last 50 years.

It is believed that many in the state were fed up with alleged lack of development in the north-western state, leading to the formation of the “O To Ge” movement, meaning “Enough is Enough”, which campaigned against him and the other candidates he sponsored and supported, who were all heavily defeated.

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