Worried by the lingering leadership crisis in the Senate and the alleged cold shoulder he is getting from the Presidency, Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has reportedly enlisted the services of the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, to help mend fences between him and President Muhammadu Buhari.
An aide to the emir, who confided in Sunday Punch, said the Senate President has requested some prominent traditional rulers in the state led by Sulu-Gambari, who is also the Chairman, Kwara State Council of Traditional Rulers to intercede on his behalf with Buhari.
According to the report, the monarchs had wanted to meet with Buhari but could not as a result of the President’s visit to the United States and his recent visit to Cameroon to seek for regional collaboration against Boko Haram.
The aide further said this would not be the first time Sulu-Gambari had interceded on behalf of Saraki concerning the senate presidency.
According to the aide, the Emir of Ilorin had sent emissaries to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu before the emergence of Saraki as the Senate President.
The aide further disclosed that Saraki is now more worried with the resolution of the leadership tussle in the House of Representatives, where the Speaker, Alhaji Yakubu Dogora, after meetings with Buhari and other APC stakeholders acceded to the party’s decision and announced Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila as the House Leader.
According to the aide, Saraki was in Ilorin at the weekend, adding that the Senate President would continue with his mobilisation for prominent stakeholders to smoothen the relationship between him and Buhari.
The spokesman of the Emir, Alhaji Solihu Mohammed, however said though he could not confirm Sulu-Gambari’s mediatory role between Buhari and Saraki, the Emir had been playing unifying roles for the sustenance of the nation’s democracy.
Mohammed said, “I am not aware that Saraki has approached the emir to smoothen relationship with the senate president and the president of the country.”
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