Saraki Family Divided, as Gbemi, Tope and Loulu failed to show up in wedding

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Last week, I posted about the political meta lokan (3 in 1) or multilateral wedding ceremony being hosted for the Baba Adini of Ansarul Islam, Dr. Bukola Saraki’s daughter, Tosin Saraki.
The Islamic wedding, popularly known as Nikkah took place in Ilorin this weekend. The remaining 2 ceremonies, Traditional and Church wedding will take place in Lagos and Abuja respectively as planned on 28 October and 8th December. But we all know this is no longer news. So, what is the news I am bringing to town? Well, it’s not really news because everyone that attended the Nikkah ceremony in ilorin saw clearly that the wedding was dry. The wedding was not a Saraki family affair like it used to be during the life time of Dr. Olusola Saraki, it was strictly the Bukola Saraki family affairs. The remaining members of the Saraki family, namely Gbemi, Tope and Loulu Saraki didn’t show up at the wedding. Those that were present at the ceremony observed this unusual occurrence, but couldn’t make any meaning from it. So, i am here to tell you more about it. Abi make I no talk watin happen? Don’t worry, I will.
During the life time of Baba Saraki, whenever any important event like this recent one takes place, one of the most colorful part of the event is usually the unity of purpose that will be seen on display between the children. When you see Baba Saraki, you see the sons and daughters. This is what Saraki is known for all through his life time. However, all seems to have changed with the demise of the old man. All is not well within Saraki family, as it appeared the reported brew between Bukola Saraki and his siblings is back in full force. They kukuma threw it all out in the public face at this recently conducted Nikkah. You may be wondering what I am driving at with this dogon tu ran ci (Long English), but the message is not missing. What went missing was at the Nikkah ceremony of Saraki’s daughter. Apart from Bukola Saraki and his wife, Mrs Toyin Saraki, every other members of the Saraki family were conspicuously missing.
Gbemi Saraki was no where to be found close to the event. The same with Tope and even the very flamboyant Laolu Saraki didn’t come around. To make matters worse, all of these people were said to be in the country, but didn’t show up. Now you understand what it means when people say the Nikkah ceremony was dry. Of course, there could be a lot of food and drinks at the event, but they are only meant for the important dignitaries. The dignitaries could do what Yinka Ayefele described as Je aje yo (eat to satisfaction) and Di lo le (Take away), but majority of the less important people only opened their mouth to the air, that is to say, won je ategun. Why did the trio of Gbemi Saraki, Tope Saraki and Laolu Saraki fail to turn up at baba adini daughters wedding? Don’t tell anybody I told you this, the Saraki Family is Divided. You can say it again, Saraki family is divided. It has been like this for some while. To those who know me very well, you can testify that I don’t love division. Family is everything and I love peace and unity. But as a peace and conflict professional, I understand that silence and lack of communication aides further division. This is why I am saying it wide open for all those who care to know and take steps to close the gap. The genesis of this current battle started as a result of a good intention by Gbemi and co. It was reliably gathered that they are opposed to the heartless nature the state of harmony is being drained and looted by their brother. Some of them felt that their egbon is pushing the state under the bus and one angrily shouted at him ‘’se efe pa awon eyan ni’’ (do you want to kill people)? At different times, they reach out to him to advise that he should treat the people better, an advised frown upon by Bukola Saraki and his wife. But the more they advise the senate president, they worse the situation get for the good people of Kwara. This development led the trio of Gbemi, Tope and Laolu to conclude that brother Bukola has destroyed the good name and deviated from the philanthropic nature of their father that endeared him to the people, a very bad development that is destined to negatively affect them as members of the Saraki family.
For Mrs Toyin Saraki, Bukola Saraki’s wife, she felt that this is more of an open challenge of her husband’s authority, hence her bitterness towards the triplet. It is this bitterness that was said to have been transferred to the daughters wedding. Toyin Saraki was said to have ensured that the other Saraki’s were not carried along in the whole wedding process. As a matter of fact, it is not clear if they ever met with the groom until the wedding date was announced. It was gathered that, until the event got close, Toyin Saraki and her husband didn’t inform Gbemi and co, a development that sent a very bad signal. The result of this is their absence at the Nikkah ceremony in Ilorin. They decided to tell their brother that, imu imuna to ni kari ohun ni ama ri, eyi to ba demo si wa, awa gan ori. Someone can interpret that in English. Meanwhile, the unimportant supporters in the pictures were locked out of the wedding. I saw some people on Facebook wearing the same Ankara yesterday. It appeared they are part of the people in this pictures.

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  1. Unknown3 January 2018 at 04:08

    Thank you very much for sharing this post related to Hajj. Keep up the good work.
    Hajj or Umrah

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