Religious leaders in Ilorin emirate endorse Saraki as political leader

Religious leaders in Ilorin emir­ate at the week­end endorsed the Chairman of Senate Committee on Environ­ment and Ecology, Bukola Saraki, as the political leader of Kwara State.

This followed an open declaration made by the Chief Imam of Ilorin, Sheikh Muhammad Bashir Salihu.

Traditional rulers in the emirate, under the aegis of the Magaji and Alanguas Forum, had recently en­dorsed Saraki as the new political leader of the state following the death of his father, Dr. Abubakar Olu­sola Saraki, in November 2012.
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