AS you read this, billionaire businesswoman, Hajia Bola Shagaya, is livid with rage. Her anger stems from the rumour that she is not in good terms with Senator Gbemi Saraki, the colourful daughter of the late strong man of Kwara politics, Senator Olushola Saraki.
The influential socialite told Celeb Watch in a telephone interview that the story of her quarrel with Gbemi is baseless. ”In fact, she is with me as I’m talking to you,” she said. She advised those she called rumour mongers to concentrate on issues that would add value to the nation’s economy.
There had been rumours in recent times that the two prominent daughters of Kwara State had engaged each other in a battle of supremacy as they struggle to control the machinery of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state. A report claimed that while Shagaya was happy that Gbemi defected back to PDP after her futile governorship aspiration in an obscure party, she took an exception to Gbemi becoming the party’s leader in Kwara State.
Bola Shagaya was said to have stood against Gbemi’s nomination for ministerial appointment after her name propped up in the Presidency last month. But the said report sent Shagaya into high dudgeon and forced her to denounce their rumoured quarrel.
