Saraki is Laid to Rest
The former Senate leader in the second republic and strong man of Ilorin politics, Olushola Saraki has been laid to rest according to Islamic rites.
He was buried in his country home in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital.
The 79 year old politician passed away early Wednesday morning in Lagos, after a prolonged illness.
Hundreds of people had assembled at the Ilorin International Airport ahead of the arrival of his corpse.
Dignitaries present at the prayer for his burial were the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Aminu Tambuwal, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Governor of old Anambra State, Chief Jim Nwobodo and the Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed.
Also present were members of his grieving family, which included former Senator Gbemisola Saraki and former Governor of Kwara state, Dr Bukola Saraki.
The Minister for Interior, Abba Moro, Minister of National Planning, Usman Shamusideen, and the former Minister of Defence, Alhaji Haliru Bello,were also present.
The late strongman of Kwara politics had been battling with an undisclosed ailment for months and had sought treatment in a series of foreign hospitals.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Durbar Festival Emmanuel Bello Abdulrazaq Solihudeen Imam Gambari Kwara State Geographic Information Service Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi Florence Saraki C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng Saka Aleshinloye Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara Olaoye B. Felix Kayode Issa Funmilayo Zubair Amosa Ibrahim Abikan Abubakar Imam Adesina Simon Sodiya A.G.F Abdulrasaq Chief Of Staff Sulu Gambari Yakubu Danladi Bukola Saraki Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education Adama Isa Akume Ola Falade Babaloja-General Lawal Arinola Kudirat Ishola Balogun Fulani Okanlawon Taiwo Abatemi Usman Sai Kayi Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited Bashiru Makama Smart School Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu Olatunde Olukoya Fatimat Saliu Kaiama Otunba Taiwo Joseph Henry Olaosebikan Elerinjare Yahya Mohammed Taofik Mustapha Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike Babata KWAFFA Kisra Tanke Flyover Bridge GGDSS Pakata Mohammed Abdulahi Oni Adebayo Ridwan Agboola Idris Garuba Ilorin South Constituency Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke Rachael Obisesan Asa Alfa Modibo Belgore Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi Chikanda Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence Chief Imam Of Lafiagi Niyi Ogundiran High Court Gabriel Fashanu Okin Biscuits Kale Bayero Afonja Descendants Union Bolakale Saka Kola Bukoye Onilupeju Of Ilupeju Kunle Akogun Frootify Abdulkadir Orire Ahmed Idris Mohammed Aliyu Salihu