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‘Scorned’ Politician Allegedly Removes Transformer He Donated To Community, After Loosing Election

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Members of Sabo community in Oyo State, were left in a state of surprise after a transformer donated to them by PDP gubernatorial candidate, Senator Teslim Folarin, was removed, a day after the election, which he lost.

As the Senator’s aides made to expunge the electricity facility, this prompted allegations that the removal was probably, payment for the people’s inability to grant the Senator, his political ambition.

He had donated the transformer just weeks prior to the election, but when he came 4th in the election, he probably decided the people were not loyal enough and took back his gift.

Members of the Sabo community instantly stormed the palace of the Sarkin Hausawa, Alhaji Ahmed Dahiru Zungeru where they expressed their worry, a development which compelled the Sarki to wade into the matter by calling on Folarin’s political associate within the community, Alhaji Bashiru Maiborno, for clarification.

Sources revealed that it was at this stage that Baiborno spiritedly made moves to effect the return of the transformer to Sabo community, but he was rebuffed as the Sabo community vowed not to take back the transformer from Senator Folarin.

Efforts to get Senator Folarin’s personal reaction on the development was futile as he could not be reached.

However , Maiborno insisted that the transformer was removed with a view to keeping it in a safer place. “Senator Folarin is a man of his words,” Maiborno told inquisitive journalists.

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