PDP's Men of Power

Date: 2001-11-10

Presented in no particular order of importance, beside the fact that we have broken down the list according to the politicians' states of origin - taking one zone after the other, the men who determine the direction the PDP ship sails come from within the presidency, National Assembly, the Wadata Plaza in Abuja to the farmost confines of the most far-flung villages. Waheed Odusile, Ufot Essien, Kola Ologbondiyan, Oma Djebah and Chris Nwachuku profile the men and women who move PDP.

John Dara: He is Special Assistant to the Defence Minister, TY Danjuma. In Kwara state, he also commands respect of party members who already see him as the successor to Governor Mohammed Lawal.

Mohammed Abdulahi: He is the Chief of Staff to President Olusegun Obasanjo. This quiet but no- nonsense son of Ilorin is believed to be building a political war house that will rein in the votes of the state for the PDP come 2003. He is also perceived as the unseen hand coordinating the challenge of Dr. Olusola Saraki in Kwara come 2003. This retired soldier is powerful in the Villa.

Alimi Abdulrazaq: Like his father, he has sought to rule Kwara state but was stopped by the might of Saraki in Kwara politics. He can easily qualify as storehouse of PDP in Kwara state. When it was an abberation to belong to the party in the state, he served as its engine room. Today, he commands immense respect from the rank and file of the party members.

Shaba Lafiaji: Third Republic governor of Kwara state and former disciple of Saraki's school of politics, he parted ways with the doyen of Kwara politics when it became manifest that Saraki was going to annoint Lawal for the governorship at his expense.

But in Kwara PDP, he is a leader and calls the shots. He hails from Kwara North and is expected to turn in the votes of the area to the party.

Culled from ThisDay

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

IYA ALFA NLA     Sherif Sagaya     Agor Market     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Muritala Olarewaju     Bature Bello     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Student Learning Support Helpline     Michael Nzekwe     Kwara Central     Haliru Yahaya     Tsaragi-Share     Alikinla     Kolade Solagberu     Elekoyangan     Osuwa     SWAN     Segun Abifarin     Muritala Awodun     KWIRS     Amule     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Folaranmi Aro     Abdulwahab Oba     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     College Of Education     2017 Budget     Rafiu Ibrahim     Akeem Olatunji     Tanke     Saka Saadu     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa     Olokoba Sulyman     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Imam Gambari     Jumoke F. Ajao     Naira Redesign     Saheed Popoola     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Marufat Oladosu     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     UNIFEMGA     Rafiu Olasile     Kolo     Computer Based Test     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     Femi Agbaje     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Oyedepo     Bello John Olanrewaju     Kumbi Titilope     Al-Hikmah University     Funmilayo Oniwa     John Mayokun Dada     Ilota     Olayinka Olaogun     Muhammadu Gobir     NULGE     Gamji Members Association     KWSIEC     Boko Haram     Plat Technologies     University Road     Ado Ibrahim     Usman Alkali Baba     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Ayodele Shittu     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Tunji Oyawoye     Gbugbu     Adedipe     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Shao     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Bisi Kristien     Bilikis Oladimeji     Kwara University Of Education     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Ajeigbe     Oniwa     Overland     08001000100     Owu Fall     Abikan     Kwabes     All Peoples Party     Sulyman Tejidini     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Ibrahim Bio     Saba Jibril     Amusa Bello     Quranic Recitation Competition     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     School Of Nursing     Okin Group     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Curfew     Ilota     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Bukola Saraki     Doyin Group     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Mufutau Olatinwo     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Hassan Taiye Salam     Garba Idris Ajia     Aminat Omodara     Obayomi Azeez     Tope Daramola     Issa Manzuma     Abubakar Atiku     Isiaka Gold     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Egbejila     Democracy Day     AGILE Programme     Aso-ofi     IF-K     Oyawoye     Saidu Kawu     Ronke Adeyemi     Samari     Mogaji Aare     Kwara Poly     Segun Abifarin     Surajudeen Akanbi     Www.Kwarareports.com     Millennium Development Goals     Babaloja-General     Sunday Otokiti     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Olawuyi     Goodluck Jonathan     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Olusegun Adeniyi     Biliaminu Aliu     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Igbomina     Ramadan     UNIFEMGA     Ilorin Emirate     TESCOM 2025     SAPZ Project     Barakat Community Secondary School     Saduki Lafiagi     Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim     Tunde Saad     Prince Bola Ajibola