Sardauna’s Legacy Under Threat

Last week, Kwara State governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq was turbaned as the Sardauna of Ilorin Emirate in a ceremony witnessed by party bigwigs, including Vice President Kashim Shettima.
For one day, Ilorin became the centre and the future of Nigerian politics. The ceremony also came just a day after APC governors cried for help against what they perceived as a threat to their hold on state politics.
Sardauna is a title that is meant to cement Abdulrazaq’s place as an enduring political leader in the state.
And to claim the position, he had to topple a decades-long political dynasty led by Bukola Saraki, a one-time President of the Nigerian Senate, two-term governor of Kwara, and a 2...