{"id":13495,"date":"2019-07-30T14:56:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T14:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=13495"},"modified":"2019-07-30T14:56:13","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T14:56:13","slug":"saraki-smartest-politician-ever-but-i-uprooted-him-oshiomhole-boasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/saraki-smartest-politician-ever-but-i-uprooted-him-oshiomhole-boasts","title":{"rendered":"Saraki \u2018smartest politician ever\u2019 but I uprooted him \u2013 Oshiomhole boasts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has declared that it was tough uprooting the political structure of former Senate President, Bukola Saraki in Kwara State.<\/p>\n<p>Oshiomhole explained that Saraki was the \u201csmartest political player and seasoned smart guy\u201d, hence uprooting his structures in the state was tough.<\/p>\n<p>Fielding questions from State House correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, Monday, Oshiomhole said he used Oto\u2019ge movement to uproot Saraki\u2019s political structure in Kwara State.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cRemember I was saying that Saraki must be removed, people would say how would I do it? I said okay if he resists removal, then we would uproot. We went to Kwara, we did Oto ge, we uprooted Saraki, and you cannot commend me for this? You know who Saraki is?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you are talking of the most smartest political player, seasoned smart guy, he is. But for every smartness he has, I have a superior smartness. At the end of the day who won? As a senate president, we uprooted him as senator, we uprooted his nominee for governor, and senators, we put our own.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, he doesn\u2019t have one senator in Kwara, he doesn\u2019t have one House of Representatives in Kwara. Everything in Kwara is APC and you can\u2019t commend me for that? If you don\u2019t, then I will be like the lizard \u2013 I will praise myself if you State House Correspondents don\u2019t praise me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has declared that it was tough uprooting the political structure of former Senate President, Bukola Saraki in Kwara State. Oshiomhole explained that Saraki was the \u201csmartest political player and seasoned smart guy\u201d, hence uprooting his structures in the state was tough. 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