2015 Elections Gbemi Saraki To Contest For Governorship Of Kwara

Former federal legislator, Gbemi Saraki is set to contest the 2015 governorship elections in Kwara state, Premium Times reports. The ex-senator and sister to former Governor, Bukola Saraki will reportedly contest on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and has already written a letter to the chairman of the state chapter of the party and its Elders’ Committee to that effect. The letter reads: “I have the pleasure to inform you that after several months of statewide consultations, I have resolved to contest for the position of the governor of Kwara State under the platform of our great party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2015 General Elections,” Ms. Saraki said in the “Letter of Intent,” dated October 2. “This decision is informed, on the one hand, by calls by family members, friends and several thousands of members of our party who are convinced about my capacity to lead the state out of its present state of hopelessness and stagnation which the ruling party has deliberately thrown it into. “On the other hand, it is informed by the positive reactions received so far from majority of elders and stakeholders of our party, and other members of the public during my statewide consultations. “Thus, in obedience to their clarion calls, and a personal conviction that Kwara State can be better governed, I have decided to offer myself to the service of the good people of Kwara state.” Gbemi previously contested for governorship of the state in 2011 on the platform of the now defunct Alliance Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) but lost to Abdulfatah Ahmed of the PDP.