Senator
Gbemi Saraki will reportedly contest for the governorship seat of Kwara state
in 2015 on the platform of the PDP
Former
federal legislator, Gbemi
Saraki is set to contest the 2015 governorship elections in Kwara
state, Premium Times reports.
The
ex-senator and sister to former Governor, Bukola Saraki will reportedly contest on
the platform of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) and has already written a letter to the
chairman of the state chapter of the party and its Elders’ Committee to that
effect.
The
letter reads:
“I have the pleasure to inform you that after several
months of statewide consultations, I have resolved to contest for the position
of the governor of Kwara State under the platform of our great party, the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2015 General Elections,” Ms. Saraki said
in the “Letter of Intent,” dated October 2.
“This decision is informed, on the one hand, by calls by
family members, friends and several thousands of members of our party who are
convinced about my capacity to lead the state out of its present state of
hopelessness and stagnation which the ruling party has deliberately thrown it
into.
“On the other hand, it is informed by the positive
reactions received so far from majority of elders and stakeholders of our
party, and other members of the public during my statewide consultations.
“Thus, in obedience to their clarion calls, and a
personal conviction that Kwara State can be better governed, I have decided to
offer myself to the service of the good people of Kwara state.”
Gbemi
previously contested for governorship of the state in 2011 on the platform of
the now defunct Alliance Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) but lost to Abdulfatah Ahmed of
the PDP.
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