Saraki Remembers His Late Father Amidst Turbulent Trial at CCT....Read What He Said!

Today, 17th of May, 2016 makes it four years that Abubakar Olusola Saraki, father of the current Senate President, Bukola Saraki passed away due to a protracted ailment.

Former governor of Kwara state, Bukola Saraki has honoured his late father via Facebook on his post-humous birthday. This coincides with the senate president's trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal which has been threatening his highly-esteemed position as the number 3 man in Nigeria.

He posted this on his social media page:


His late father, Abubakar Olusola Saraki (17 May 1933 – 14 November 2012) was a Nigerian politician, who was a Senator of the Nigerian Second Republic (1979-1983). He was a ranking nobleman of the Ilorin Emirate.

Olusola Sakari died on Wednesday 14 November 2012 in Lagos at the age of 79 after losing a battle with cancer. He was laid to rest in Ilorin.