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Abubakar Bukola Saraki (born 19 December 1962) was elected governor of Kwara State Nigeria on 29 May 2003. He served two terms in office. In the April 2011 elections he was elected Senator for Kwara Central succeeding his sister Gbemisola Saraki-Forowa.He was a member of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) but recently defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).Saraki’s father Olusola Saraki is a former senator of Kwara State.