If Abdulrahman Alade Abdulrasak, the Governor of Kwara State, had heeded to the warning of this reporter on December 23, 2025, that his Third Term Agenda, which he is masquerading as Kwara North Agenda, will end in disgrace like Kurumi’s tortoise journey, he won’t be flogging a dead horse today by sponsoring protests across Kwara – all in a bid to deceive the world that Kwarans are behind the aspiration of his anointed lackey Danladi Yakubu, Speaker of the Kwara House of Assembly, as the next governor of the state Olukayode Thomas reports.
Introduction
The Governor of Kwara State, Abdulrahman Abdulrasak, has resorted to sponsoring protests to wriggle himself out of self-inflicted travails.
After frittering away the gains of O to ge, coupled with his non-performance as governor, and making enemies that will last a lifetime, Abdulrasak felt he had a solid plan B: a third – term in office through a puppet.
And the man for the job is Danlandi Yakubu, the Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, whom he had planned to crown as the next Governor using the Kwara North Agenda as a smokescreen.
Then penultimate Thursday, the unanticipated happened. It was reported that President Bola Tinubu and the APC leaders have endorsed Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa (BOB) as the man who will fly the APC flag in the Kwara State gubernatorial election in 2027.
Since the news filtered in, Abdulrasak has lost sleep.
Third Term Agenda not an afterthought
Just a few months into his government, Abdulrasak rolled out his political hegemony plan. To achieve this, he formed a band that sang sonorous songs to Kwarans about the beauty of power shifting to Kwara North, with Yakubu as the beneficiary.
The Chief Chorister was Kunle Sulyman.
But the cacophony of tunes from Sulyman and his Orchestral did not resonate with Kwarans. They saw it as an agenda to install a stooge for Abdulrasak’s third term.
They argued that if the governor actually loves Kwara North, he should have anointed a politician with a strong personality from Kwara North, like Ibrahim Isa Bio, a former Minister of Transport and Sports, or any other charismatic politician from the North.
When Sulyman and his band’s songs were submerged by the nays, Abdulrasak turned to members of the State House of Assembly. The legislators’ songs were also greeted with rejection. Local Government Chairmen also failed to galvanise Kwarans behind Yakubu.
Next, Abdulrasak turned to traditional rulers. According to Sahara Reporters, these were promised ₦100 million each, in two tranches, if they could convince Kwarans to support the installation of Yakubu. This also failed.
The moment news of BOB endorsement became public, Abdulrasak went back to sponsoring paid adverts, press conferences by APC elders, Kwara elders, traditional rulers, Local Government chairmen and others to protest against the decision.
But Kwarans are unimpressed with the pro-Yakubu campaign, ditto stakeholders in the Kwara APC.
Why Abdulrasak wants Danladi by any means
Are Abdulrasak and Yakubu Siamese twins? Why the insistence on him when APC stakeholders at local, state and national levels have rejected him?
Many Kwarans allege that Abdulrasak wanted a yes man, like Yakubu, who would cover atrocious dealings.
Many alleged that the misgovernment includes, but is not limited to, what has been described as the biggest rape of Kwara since creation by Ayansola Mohammed, a former legislator, via a N35 billion bond.
According to Mohammed, the bond was not included in the 2021 budget, and the repayment plan is outrageous. Ayansola had expressed surprise that funds had already been allocated to most of the projects in the bond in the 2021 budget.
Only Yakubu will succeed Abdulrasak and not probe these projects: Tunde Idiagbon Flyover, the one at Unity Road, the beautification works done around Unity and GRA, all said to be awarded at an outrageous cost.
Others include the remodelling of 172 rooms Kwara Hotel. From an initial quote of N3.5 billion by Crystal Group, Abdulrasak eventually awarded the renovation to Craneburg for N17.8, with a report suggesting that it could eventually rise to N30 billion.
Only Yakubu will not want to know why his godfather spent N724 million on foreign trips within three months, according to NBS.
Abdulrasak’s shabby and poorly done renovation and rehabilitation of supposedly dilapidated schools across the state, like Government High School Adeta,Pategi Secondary School, Offa Grammar School, and others, will interest a successor who prioritises accountability.
Only Yakubu will not want to work with Wale Edun, the Minister of Finance, and Lateef Fagbemi, Minister of Justice and Attorney General, so that the duo can scrutinise what happened to local governments’ funds in the eight years of Abdulrasak.
Government of family by family for family
