I spent the last weekend in Ilorin and became eye witness to the unfolding political situation in my home town. Last Friday, Dr. Saraki, the father, arrive Ilorin to attend a funeral ceremony. Later in the evening, Gbemisola, the Senator, also arrived and a huge crowd was mobilized to welcome her. What people had been whispering was brought out in the open: Gbemisola Saraki is LIKELY to run for Governor in 2011! Her posters were everywhere. Meanwhile, the brother, governor Bukola, is said to oppose the ambition of the sister (which has the father's tacit support), for reasons of justice and decency. On Saturday, father and daughter were at the ceremony but son was absent. Nevertheless, opposing groups of supporters (and thugs!) were shouting the names of son and daughter. It almost became messy, before the father sued for peace. In twelve years in the National Assembly, nobody from Ilorin could name any project which the senator influenced for the community; she knows neither the culture of the community nor its nuances! Yet some also say that Bukola is part of an elaborate family game of political deception, despite the outward appearances of opposition! Kwara State, they say, is becoming a fief to be handed from father to son to daughter. There are difficult political days ahead for Saraki: the father, the son and the daughter!