KWARA SENATE RACE:Waiting for the kingmaker

There are three senatorial districts in Kwara State otherwise known as the state of harmony. The senatorial districts are Kwara North, Kwara South and Kwara Central covering the sixteen local governments of the State.
Dr Abubakar Olusola Saraki the head of the Saraki dynasty is the kingmaker who has over the years almost unilaterally determined the course of most of the political campaigns in the State.
Oloye as he is fondly called by admirers along the pattern of  his usual tradition of choosing whoever he wants as the governor in more than thirty years has extended his influence to the senate and all other elective offices in the State.
Today, there are mainly three political parties existing in the state, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, the Action Congress of Nigeria [ACN] which  fielded aspirants and  effectively contested elections in the previous republics and of Congress of Progressive Coalition [CPC] which is just coming up with little or no structure.
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