Kwara APC Guber Nomination: Gov Abdulrazaq Leads Speaker Danladi To Emir Of Ilorin’s Palace For Royal Blessings
Speaker of Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Salihu Yakubu Danladi has visited the palace of Emir of Ilorin, His Eminence, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari during which he was formally presented to the monarch as the state APC gubernatorial candidate by Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq and he consequently received royal blessings.
Team@orientactualmags.com learned that Kwara State government commented on the courtesy visit in a Facebook post on Saturday.
‘The visit of the governor and the APC governorship candidate came after the Emir officially announced the appointment of 42-year-old Sheikh Muhammad Bashir Dasuki Imam Fulani as the 13th Chief Imam of Ilorin Emirate on Wednesday, June 10, through his Personal Assistant, Abdulraheem Muritala.
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Governor Abdulrazaq commended Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari on the choice of Sheikh Dasuki to assume such an important spiritual position and prayed that Allaah will guide and protect him, perfect His blessings upon him, and grant him long life and good health in service to the Muslim ummah.
During the visit, the governor also presented Rt. Hon. Salihu Yakubu Danladi to the Emir as the governorship candidate of the APC, while the monarch bestowed royal blessings on him and wished him well in the forthcoming Kwara State governorship election.
The governor’s presentation of the Speaker to Dr. Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari as his successor has been widely interpreted by observers and political commentators as a move not only to seek royal blessings but also to strengthen grassroots acceptance and signal continuity in governance across the state’ the state government submitted.
Recall that Chairman of the Kwara State APC Governorship Primary Committee, Musliu Obanikoro, a former senator, had announced Speaker Yakubu Danladi as winner of the primary election held on May 22, 2026.
Obanikoro had noted that Speaker Danladi got 94,990 votes, Alhaji Abdulfatai Yahaya Seriki had 41,700 votes while Dr. Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa got 22,118 votes.
Engr. Femi Sani had 5,519 votes; former Senator Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe got 3,920 votes; Mr Dele Belgore SAN had 3,411 votes; Hon Mohamed Bio got 1122 votes; Dr. Alabi Oluwatoyin, 1099 votes; Prof. Wale Suleiman, 2434 votes while Prof. Abubakar Suleiman got 1722 votes.
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