The candidate of the Peoples'
Democratic Party in Oyo State, Senator Teslim Folarin has ordered the remover
of a transformer donated as part of his corporate social responsibility for the
Hausa community in Ibadan shortly after the result of the gubernatorial
election was announced without his being declared the winner.
It was a shock for the Sabo
community in Ibadan, Oyo State capital in the early hours of Sunday as they
woke up in the morning only to see a Transformer donated to the community few
days ago by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Senator
Teslim Folarin, being carted away by some aides of the former Senate Leader.
The PDP governorship
candidate who came fourth in the Oyo State Gubernatorial election had
reportedly conceded defeat on Saturday night apparently having seen the signals
that the incoming polls result did not favour him.
However, the alarm raised by
members of the Sabo community on sighting those removing the Transformer in the
early hours of Sunday did not move the perpetrators who eventually removed the
transformer to an unknown place.
Members of the Sabo community
instantly stormed the palace of the Sarkin Hausawa, Alhaji Ahmed Dahiru Zungeru
where they expressed their worry, a development which compelled the Sarki to
wade into the matter by calling on Folarin’s political associate
within the community, Alhaji Bashiru Maiborno, for clarification.
We gathered that it was at
this stage that Maiborno spiritedly made moves to effect the return of the
transformer to Sabo community, but he was rebuffed as the community vowed not
to take back the transformer from Senator Folarin.
Efforts by our correspondent
to get Senator Folarin’s personal reaction on the development was futile as
he could not be reached.
Maiborno however insisted
that the transformer was removed with a view to keeping it in a safer place. “Senator
Folarin is a man of his words,” Maiborno told us.
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