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{{Short description|Nigerian politician}}
{{Short description|Nigerian politician (1933–2012)}}
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| birth_name = Olusola Abubakar Saraki
| birth_name = Olusola Abubakar Saraki
| birth_date = 17 May 1933
| birth_date = 17 May 1933
| birth_place = [[Ilorin]], [[Kwara State]], [[Nigeria]]
| birth_place = [[Ilorin]], [[Northern Region, Nigeria|Northern Region]], [[British Nigeria]] (now Ilorin, [[Kwara State]], [[Nigeria]])
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| death_place = Ikoyi, Lagos
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| party = Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN)
| party = Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN)
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| children = Senator [[Bukola Saraki]], Senator [[Gbemisola Saraki]] Mrs Temitope Edu, Mr Olaolu Saraki
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'''Olusola Abubakar Saraki''' (17 May 1933 – 14 November 2012).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-11-22 |title=Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki: 1933-2012 |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/11/dr-abubakar-olusola-saraki-1933-2012/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-US}}</ref> was a Nigerian politician, who was a Senator of the [[Nigerian Second Republic]] (1979-1983).<ref name=bnw196>{{cite web
'''Abubakar Olusola Saraki''' ({{Pronunciation|Ha-Olusola Abubakar Saraki.ogg|help=no}}; 17 May 1933 – 14 November 2012)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-11-22 |title=Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki: 1933-2012 |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/11/dr-abubakar-olusola-saraki-1933-2012/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-US}}</ref> was a [[Nigerian]] [[politician]], who was a Senator in the [[Nigerian Second Republic]] (1979–1983).<ref name=bnw196>{{cite web
|url=http://news.biafranigeriaworld.com/archive/2003/may/12/0196.html
|url=http://news.biafranigeriaworld.com/archive/2003/may/12/0196.html
|title=Dr. Olusola Saraki: A kingmaker at 70
|title=Dr. Olusola Saraki: A kingmaker at 70
|date=May 12, 2003
|date=May 12, 2003
|publisher=Daily Trust
|publisher=Daily Trust
|accessdate=2009-12-06}}</ref> He was the holder of the chieftaincy title of the '''Waziri''' <ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-11-14 |title=How Olusola Saraki lost battle to cancer - Son |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/11/how-olusola-saraki-lost-battle-to-cancer-son/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-US}}</ref> of the [[Ilorin Emirate]], and belonged to the Agoro compound in Agbaji.<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2017-06-15 |title=In Honour of Olusola Saraki |url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2017/06/16/in-honour-of-olusola-saraki/ |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=THISDAYLIVE |language=en-US}}</ref>
|accessdate=2009-12-06}}</ref> He was the holder of the chieftaincy title of the '''Waziri'''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-11-14 |title=How Olusola Saraki lost battle to cancer - Son |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/11/how-olusola-saraki-lost-battle-to-cancer-son/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-US}}</ref> of the [[Ilorin Emirate]], and belonged to the Agoro compound in Agbaji.<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2017-06-15 |title=In Honour of Olusola Saraki |url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2017/06/16/in-honour-of-olusola-saraki/ |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=THISDAYLIVE |language=en-US}}</ref>


==Background==
==Background==


Olusola Saraki was born on 17 May 1933 at [[Kwara State]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Saraki Is Not From Kwara By Alhaji AbdulGaniyu Folorunsho Abdulrazak|url=http://saharareporters.com/2010/12/09/saraki-not-kwara-alhaji-abdulganiyu-folorunsho-abdulrazak|date=2010-12-09|website=Sahara Reporters|language=en|access-date=2020-05-26}}</ref> and died in Lagos 14 November 2012.<ref name=bnw196/>
Olusola Saraki was born on May 17,1933 in [[Kwara State]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Saraki Is Not From Kwara By Alhaji AbdulGaniyu Folorunsho Abdulrazak|url=http://saharareporters.com/2010/12/09/saraki-not-kwara-alhaji-abdulganiyu-folorunsho-abdulrazak|date=2010-12-09|website=Sahara Reporters|language=en|access-date=2020-05-26}}</ref> and died in Lagos November 14,2012.<ref name=bnw196/>
His mother was from [[Iseyin]] in [[Oyo State]] and his father was from [[Mali]], but studied Islamic Studies (Ile-Kewu) in Ilorin. His paternal ancestors were Fulanis who came from [[Mali]] about 150 to 200 years earlier.<ref name=trib3108>{{cite web
His mother was from [[Iseyin]] in [[Oyo State]] and his father was from [[Mali]], but studied Islamic Studies (Ile-Kewu) in [[Ilorin]]. His paternal ancestors were Fulanis who came from [[Mali]] about 150 to 200 years earlier.<ref name=trib3108>{{cite web
|url= https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2018/09/20/from-the-archive-controversy-over-bukola-sarakis-ancestry/
|url= https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2018/09/20/from-the-archive-controversy-over-bukola-sarakis-ancestry/
|title= From the Archive: Controversy over Bukola Saraki’s ancestry
|title= From the Archive: Controversy over Bukola Saraki’s ancestry
|publisher= PM News
|publisher= PM News
|date= 20 September 2018
|date= 20 September 2018
|accessdate=2018
|accessdate= August 28, 2022
|archiveurl= https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2018/09/20/from-the-archive-controversy-over-bukola-sarakis-ancestry/
|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20210206182259/https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2018/09/20/from-the-archive-controversy-over-bukola-sarakis-ancestry/
|archivedate= 20 September 2018
|archivedate= 2021-02-06
|url-status=live
|url-status=live
}}</ref>
}}</ref>
Olusola Saraki was educated at [[Eko Boys High School]]. He attended the [[University of London]], and [[St George's, University of London|St George's Hospital Medical School]], [[London]]. He worked as a medical officer at the [[General Hospital, Lagos]] and the [[Creek Hospital, Lagos]].<ref name=bnw196/>
Olusola Saraki was educated at [[Eko Boys High School]]. He attended the [[University of London]] and [[St George's, University of London|St George's Hospital Medical School]], [[London]]. He worked as a medical officer at the [[General Hospital, Lagos]] and the [[Creek Hospital, Lagos]].<ref name=bnw196/>


Olusola Saraki first entered politics when he ran in the 1964 parliamentary election for Ilorin as an independent, but lost<ref>{{cite web
Olusola Saraki came into politics when he contested in the 1964 parliamentary election for [[Ilorin]] as an [[Independent politician|independent]], but lost<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200908170055.html
|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200908170055.html
|title=Olusola Saraki Playing God
|title=Olusola Saraki Playing God
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After the election, he returned to his medical practice in Lagos, only returning to party-politics in 1978/79.<ref name=trib3108/>
After the election, he returned to his medical practice in Lagos, only returning to party-politics in 1978/79.<ref name=trib3108/>


Olusola Sakari died on Wednesday 14 November 2012 in Lagos at the age of 79 after a losing a battle with cancer. He was laid to rest in [[Ilorin]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/11/how-olusola-saraki-lost-battle-to-cancer-son/|publisher=The Vanguard|title=How Olusola Saraki lost battle to cancer – Son|date=November 25, 2012|accessdate=April 4, 2015}}</ref>
Olusola Sakari died on Wednesday November 14,2012 in Lagos at the age of 79 after a losing a battle with [[cancer]]. He was laid to rest in [[Ilorin]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/11/how-olusola-saraki-lost-battle-to-cancer-son/|publisher=The Vanguard|title=How Olusola Saraki lost battle to cancer – Son|date=November 25, 2012|accessdate=April 4, 2015}}</ref>


==Senatorial career==
==Senatorial career==
In 1977, Olusola Saraki was elected as a member of the Constituent Assembly that produced the 1979 constitution.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olusola Saraki is dead - The Nation Newspaper |url=https://thenationonlineng.net/olusola-saraki-dead/amp/ |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=thenationonlineng.net}}</ref> In 1979 he was elected a Senator of the Second Republic, and became Senate Leader. In 1983 Saraki was re-elected into the Senate on the [[National Party of Nigeria]] (NPN) platform.<ref name=bnw196/>
In 1977, Olusola Saraki was elected as a member of the Constituent Assembly that produced the 1979 [[constitution]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olusola Saraki is dead - The Nation Newspaper |url=https://thenationonlineng.net/olusola-saraki-dead/amp/ |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=thenationonlineng.net}}</ref> In 1979, he was elected a Senator of the Second Republic and became Senate Leader. In 1983 Saraki was re-elected into the Senate on the [[National Party of Nigeria]] (NPN) platform.<ref name=bnw196/>


==Subsequent career==
==Subsequent career==
[[image:NigeriaKwara.png|thumb|right|200px|[[Kwara State]] in [[Nigeria]]]]
[[Image:NigeriaKwara.png|thumb|right|200px|[[Kwara State]] in [[Nigeria]]]]
He contested the Presidency under the [[Social Democratic Party (Nigeria) ]] (SDP) in the third republic and was a member of the Committee for National Consensus (CNC) during the [[Sani Abacha|Abacha]] transition program.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Life, Times of Strongman of Kwara Politics |url=https://www.ilorin.info/fullnews.php?id=2967 |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=www.ilorin.info}}</ref>In 1998, Olusola Saraki became a National Leader and member of the Board of Trustees of the [[All People's Party (Nigeria)|All People's Party]] (APP), contributing to the APP success in Kwara and [[Kogi State|Kogi States.]] He assisted [[Mohammed Alabi Lawal]] in becoming Governor of [[Kwara State]].<ref name=bnw196/>
He contested the Presidency under the [[Social Democratic Party (Nigeria) ]] (SDP) in the third republic and was a member of the Committee for National [[Consensus democracy|Consensus]] (CNC) during the [[Sani Abacha|Abacha]] transition program.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Life, Times of Strongman of Kwara Politics |url=https://www.ilorin.info/fullnews.php?id=2967 |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=www.ilorin.info}}</ref> In 1998, Olusola Saraki became a National [[Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)|Leader]] and member of the Board of Trustees of the [[All People's Party (Nigeria)|All People's Party]] (APP), contributing to the APP success in Kwara and [[Kogi State|Kogi States.]] He assisted [[Mohammed Alabi Lawal]] in becoming Governor of [[Kwara State]].<ref name=bnw196/>
In 2001 he was head of a team from the [[Arewa Consultative Forum]], a Northern cultural and political group, sent to meet and discuss common goals with Northern state governors and other leaders.<ref name=tdaycov02>{{cite web
In 2001 he was head of a team from the [[Arewa Consultative Forum]], a Northern cultural and political group, sent to meet and discuss common goals with Northern state governors and other leaders.<ref name=tdaycov02>{{cite web
|url=http://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2001/09/01/20010901cov02.html
|url=http://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2001/09/01/20010901cov02.html
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|archivedate=2011-03-09
|archivedate=2011-03-09
}}</ref>
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Later Saraki switched allegiance to the [[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|Peoples Democratic Party]] (PDP), and in the 2003 elections supported his son [[Bukola Saraki]] as candidate for governor of Kwara state in April 2003, and his daughter [[Gbemisola R. Saraki]] as senator for Kwara State Central in April 2003.<ref>{{cite web
Later Saraki switched allegiance to the [[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|Peoples Democratic Party]] (PDP) and in the 2003 elections supported his son [[Bukola Saraki]] as candidate for [[governor]] of Kwara state in April 2003 and his daughter [[Gbemisola R. Saraki]] as senator for Kwara State Central in April 2003.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://news.biafranigeriaworld.com/archive/2003/apr/01/113.html
|url=http://news.biafranigeriaworld.com/archive/2003/apr/01/113.html
|title=A Dynasty in Trouble
|title=A Dynasty in Trouble
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|accessdate=2009-12-07}}</ref>
|accessdate=2009-12-07}}</ref>


He was a member of the Committee for National Consensus (CNC) <ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-11-22|title=Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki: 1933-2012|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/11/dr-abubakar-olusola-saraki-1933-2012/|access-date=2022-02-26|website=Vanguard News|language=en-US}}</ref>during the Abacha transition program.
He was a member of the Committee for National Consensus (CNC)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-11-22|title=Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki: 1933-2012|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/11/dr-abubakar-olusola-saraki-1933-2012/|access-date=2022-02-26|website=Vanguard News|language=en-US}}</ref> during the Abacha transition program.


His son [[Bukola Saraki]] became the senate president of Nigeria June 9, 2015 in the Eighth Senate of Nigeria .<ref>{{cite web
His son [[Bukola Saraki]] became the senate president of Nigeria on 9th June 2015 in the Eighth Senate of Nigeria .<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/184666-breaking-bukola-saraki-elected-senate-president-2.html
|url=http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/184666-breaking-bukola-saraki-elected-senate-president-2.html
|title=Bukola Saraki elected Senate President
|title=Bukola Saraki elected Senate President
|publisher=Premium Times
|publisher=Premium Times
|date=June 9, 2015
|date=9 June 2015
|accessdate=2015-09-21}}</ref>
|accessdate=2015-09-21}}</ref>
[[Bukola Saraki]] however contested again for Senatorial seat in the February, 2019 election but lost the election to Dr Ibrahim Oloriegbe Of the All Progressives Congress (APC).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-02-24 |title=Breaking: Senate president, Saraki loses Senatorial seat |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/02/breaking-senate-president-saraki-loses-senatorial-seat/ |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-US}}</ref>
[[Bukola Saraki]] however contested again for Senatorial seat in the February 2019 election but lost the election to Dr Ibrahim Oloriegbe of the all Progressives Congress (APC).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-02-24 |title=Breaking: Senate president, Saraki loses Senatorial seat |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/02/breaking-senate-president-saraki-loses-senatorial-seat/ |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-US}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 21:12, 2 October 2024

Olusola Saraki
Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
In office
1979–1983
Personal details
Born
Olusola Abubakar Saraki

17 May 1933
Ilorin, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria)
Died14 November 2012(2012-11-14) (aged 79)
Ikoyi, Lagos
Political partyAllied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN)
ChildrenBukola Saraki
Gbemisola Saraki
Temitope Edu
Olaolu Saraki
ProfessionDoctor, Politician

Abubakar Olusola Saraki (pronunciationⓘ; 17 May 1933 – 14 November 2012)[1] was a Nigerian politician, who was a Senator in the Nigerian Second Republic (1979–1983).[2] He was the holder of the chieftaincy title of the Waziri[3] of the Ilorin Emirate, and belonged to the Agoro compound in Agbaji.[4]

Background

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Olusola Saraki was born on May 17,1933 in Kwara State[5] and died in Lagos November 14,2012.[2] His mother was from Iseyin in Oyo State and his father was from Mali, but studied Islamic Studies (Ile-Kewu) in Ilorin. His paternal ancestors were Fulanis who came from Mali about 150 to 200 years earlier.[6] Olusola Saraki was educated at Eko Boys High School. He attended the University of London and St George's Hospital Medical School, London. He worked as a medical officer at the General Hospital, Lagos and the Creek Hospital, Lagos.[2]

Olusola Saraki came into politics when he contested in the 1964 parliamentary election for Ilorin as an independent, but lost[7] After the election, he returned to his medical practice in Lagos, only returning to party-politics in 1978/79.[6]

Olusola Sakari died on Wednesday November 14,2012 in Lagos at the age of 79 after a losing a battle with cancer. He was laid to rest in Ilorin.[8]

Senatorial career

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In 1977, Olusola Saraki was elected as a member of the Constituent Assembly that produced the 1979 constitution.[9] In 1979, he was elected a Senator of the Second Republic and became Senate Leader. In 1983 Saraki was re-elected into the Senate on the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) platform.[2]

Subsequent career

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Kwara State in Nigeria

He contested the Presidency under the Social Democratic Party (Nigeria) (SDP) in the third republic and was a member of the Committee for National Consensus (CNC) during the Abacha transition program.[10] In 1998, Olusola Saraki became a National Leader and member of the Board of Trustees of the All People's Party (APP), contributing to the APP success in Kwara and Kogi States. He assisted Mohammed Alabi Lawal in becoming Governor of Kwara State.[2] In 2001 he was head of a team from the Arewa Consultative Forum, a Northern cultural and political group, sent to meet and discuss common goals with Northern state governors and other leaders.[11] Later Saraki switched allegiance to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and in the 2003 elections supported his son Bukola Saraki as candidate for governor of Kwara state in April 2003 and his daughter Gbemisola R. Saraki as senator for Kwara State Central in April 2003.[12]

He was a member of the Committee for National Consensus (CNC)[13] during the Abacha transition program.

His son Bukola Saraki became the senate president of Nigeria on 9th June 2015 in the Eighth Senate of Nigeria .[14] Bukola Saraki however contested again for Senatorial seat in the February 2019 election but lost the election to Dr Ibrahim Oloriegbe of the all Progressives Congress (APC).[15]

References

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  1. ^ "Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki: 1933-2012". Vanguard News. 2012-11-22. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Dr. Olusola Saraki: A kingmaker at 70". Daily Trust. May 12, 2003. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
  3. ^ "How Olusola Saraki lost battle to cancer - Son". Vanguard News. 2012-11-14. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  4. ^ admin (2017-06-15). "In Honour of Olusola Saraki". THISDAYLIVE. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  5. ^ "Saraki Is Not From Kwara By Alhaji AbdulGaniyu Folorunsho Abdulrazak". Sahara Reporters. 2010-12-09. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  6. ^ a b "From the Archive: Controversy over Bukola Saraki's ancestry". PM News. 20 September 2018. Archived from the original on 2021-02-06. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  7. ^ Allan Adepoju (15 August 2009). "Olusola Saraki Playing God". Vanguard. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  8. ^ "How Olusola Saraki lost battle to cancer – Son". The Vanguard. November 25, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  9. ^ "Olusola Saraki is dead - The Nation Newspaper". thenationonlineng.net. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  10. ^ "The Life, Times of Strongman of Kwara Politics". www.ilorin.info. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  11. ^ Steve Nwosu and Tokunbo Adedoja (2001-09-01). "One North, Different People". ThisDay. Archived from the original on 2011-03-09. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
  12. ^ Favour Ojiabor (March 31, 2003). "A Dynasty in Trouble". Newswatch. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  13. ^ "Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki: 1933-2012". Vanguard News. 2012-11-22. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  14. ^ "Bukola Saraki elected Senate President". Premium Times. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
  15. ^ "Breaking: Senate president, Saraki loses Senatorial seat". Vanguard News. 2019-02-24. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
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