PHILLIPS SALAWU IS SUPER RICH

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.