PHILLIPS SALAWU IS
SUPER RICH
BY ABDULMUMINI ADEKU.
DR SALAWU WAVES T KOGITES RECENTLY
The former Deputy
Governor of Kogi state ,Dr Phillips Salawu has been described as an extremely
wealthy business man.
In an exclusive
investigations by The News Office Desk of Paedia Express Multimedia in Ihima
,Kogi State of Nigeria ,it was discovered that the business man turned
politician owns his success to huge investments in real estates, hospitality, stocks
amongst others.
A source who worked
with the politician during the course of his recent Governorship ambitions
under the Labour Party in which he finished a distant third place ,affirmed that
the politician has not less than five big landed assets in Abuja alone aside
from a lot of landed assets he amassed during his stewardship as Deputy
Governor of the state under Alhaji Ibrahim Idris for nine years.
He pointed out that
there was a particular property owned by the chartered accountant turned
politician which will not sell less than N300 million if thrown into the market
for public auction.
The source affirmed
that Dr Salawu who is also the Executive Chairman of Abuja based Omegah Hotels
has a lot of passion for God as he was
ever willing to spend money on any project that will advance the kingdom of God
as an ardent christain .
The source disclosed
to this reporter how Dr Salawu undertook single handedly the sponsorship of the
building of The Gospel Church Assembly near his residence in Ikuehi –Ihima .
According to the source,The
banker turned politician had splashed as much as N40million on the construction
of the church edifice as at press time.
He lamented that fact
that Dr Salawu could not match the spending powers of his rivals during the 2015
governorship race because of his believes that it was wrong to buy the peoples vote for money.
His words:”He really
served Ibrahim Idris very well for 9 years ,he was very loyal to his boss to
the dismay of his own Ebira people who felt he should have been confrontational
“
“he felt that if he
stooped low to his boss ,he will eventually conquer but in the end Governor
Ibrahim Idris betrayed him”
“He told me
personally that igala people were not to be trusted with power and leadership
as they were very dangerous”
“he also told me that
if he had won the race for governorship,
there was no way he will not have dealt with them via a revenge because of the way they humiliated
him in office despite been loyal to his
boss who was their son”
“However I think he
will need to change his postures on spending for future elections as his ideas
can only work out in places like Europe, America or else -where”
The source reiterated
that at some point ,Alhaji Ibrahim Idris And Captain Idris Wada approached Dr
Salawu with the aim of buying him over with lots of millions to the kitty in
the bargain but the latter known for being highly principled rejected the overtures
insisting that he would rather lose at the polls than sell his conscience to
anyone .
Insiders claim that
the main reason Alhaji Ibrahim Idris has not been arrested till date by the
Economics and Financials Crimes Commission [E.F.C.C.]was because Dr Salawu
perfected documentations that has saved him from the hangman’s noose being a
trained accountant.
Dr Salawu while
holding sway as Deputy Governor was chairman of the state’s Economic Team
,supervised all the local government chairmen in the state.
He was instrumental
to the appointment of several first class chiefs in Kogi Central while in
office.
It was learnt that Dr
Salawu was willing to have stepped down if an Ebira man had emerged initially
in either the P.D.P or A.P.C .
As at press time ,Dr
Salawu is believed to have granted an interview to popular pan Ebira national
radio service provider, Tao F.M. in which he had denied in very strong terms
that he was not the one behind his Labor Party’s decision to take Alhaji Yahaya Bello to court
over the latter’s victory.
