Chief Dele Momodu has reacted to the loss of Senate President Bukola Saraki who got defeated at the polls while seeking a return to the Senate.
Saraki was defeated by candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Dr. Ibrahim Oloriegbe who polled 123,808 votes to defeat the Senate President who scored 68,994 votes in the four local government areas of the Kwara Central Senatorial District .
Reacting to the news of the loss which is one of the huge casualties in the 2019 elections, Dele Momodu took to social media with the below quote:
My dear Oloye, DR ABUBAKAR BUKOLA SARAKI, I appreciate the battles you fought for Democracy. But for you, and a few others, Nigeria would have been sentenced to a full-blown dictatorship. Because you stood, like the Rock of Gibraltar, elections and politics became full-scale war in Nigeria. In the last four years, despite your epic support for the Saints, they threw everything at you, but God kept you going, miraculously. Today, as always, I salute your doggedness. You’re a General. The best is yet to come…
In the last four years, despite your epic support for the Saints, they threw everything at you, but God kept you going, miraculously. Today, as always, I salute your doggedness. You're a General. The best is yet to come… pic.twitter.com/B8WrsLKmE1
— Dele Momodu Ovation (@DeleMomodu) February 25, 2019