Sola Saraki was born on the 17th of May, 1933 at Ilorin, Kwara State. He was educated at Eko Boys High School. He attended the University of London, and St George’s Hospital Medical School, London. He worked as a medical officer at the General Hospital, Lagos and the Creek Hospital, Lagos.
He first entered politics when he ran in the 1964 parliamentary election for Ilorin as an independent, but failed to win. After the election, he returned to his medical practice in Lagos, only returning to party-politics in 1978/79. In 1977,
Olusola Saraki was elected as a member of the Constituent Assembly that produced the 1979 constitution. In 1979 he was elected a Senator of the Second Republic, and became Senate Leader. In 1983 Saraki was re-elected into the Senate on the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) platform.
As a political magnate, Saraki produced several political leaders in Kwara state two of which include his son, Bukola Saraki who was two time governor of the state and a serving Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. And his daughter, who was in the senate and a governorship candidate at the last election.
. May his soul rest in peace, amen!
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