Daga Ibrahim Kaula Mohammed

A garin Ilorin, akwai wani lakabi da ke ɗauke da muhimmiyar ma’ana ta tarihi, halayya, da kuma aminci — wato Sardauna. A jiya, a fadar mai martaba Sarkin Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, an bai wa Mai Girma Gwamnan Jihar Kwara, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, wannan lakabi a hukumance. A gare mu da muka san shi tsawon shekaru fiye da talatin, wannan naɗin sarauta ba kyauta ce ta nuna girmamawa kawai ba; girmamawa ce da ta dace tun da daɗewa, wadda ya cancanta saboda shekaru masu yawa na abota, karimci, da kuma aminci na gaskiya waɗanda na shaida da idanuna daga kusa.

Na fara haɗuwa da Malam Abdulrahman ne a farkon shekarun 1990, lokacin da nake matashin wakilin labarai a sashen wasanni na jaridar New Nigerian Newspapers, inda nake bayar da rahoton gasar wasan Polo ta shekara-shekara. A wancan lokacin, wasan Polo ya wuce kawai wasa; taro ne na manyan mutane da masu hannu da shuni a Najeriya, kuma kowace gasa tana da nata tsare-tsare na musamman, musamman ma taron manema labarai da ake yi kafin fara gasar. A cikin ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan taruka, marigayi abokina, Sanata Kabir Jibrin—wanda shi ne manajan gasar a lokacin—ya ba ni bayani game da manyan masu tallafawa gasar na waccan shekarar kafin a yi sanarwar a hukumance.

A waccan shekarar, wani sabon suna ya shiga jerin masu tallafawa gasar, lamarin da ya ja hankalin duk masu ruwa da tsaki a harkar wasan Polo. Tare da bankin First Bank, wanda ya daɗe yana ɗaukar nauyin gasar Georgian Cup mai daraja, wani matashin ɗan kasuwa mai suna AbdulRahman—wanda ya kafa kamfanin First Fuels kuma yake shugabantarsa—ya fito tare da tallafin kuɗi da ya kai miliyoyin Naira. Wannan babban mataki ne na jaruntaka ga wanda ya fara shiga fagen, kuma ya nuna cewa ya shigo duniyar da tun da daɗewa manyan masu kuɗi da sanannun mutane suka mamaye. A shekarun da suka biyo baya, ya zama babban mai tallafawa gasar Polo ta Lagos da ta Kaduna, tare da faɗaɗa tallafinsa zuwa gasannin da ake yi a Kano, Ibadan, Minna, Yola, da Port Harcourt.

Marigayi Sanata Kabir Jibrin ne ya gabatar da ni ga Abdulrahman a ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan gasanni. Wannan haɗuwar ita ce farkon abota mai ƙarfi da ta ci gaba har zuwa yau ba tare da ta taɓa karyewa ba. Tun daga tattaunawarmu ta farko, na gano cewa mutum ne mai natsuwa, mai zurfin tunani, da kuma karimci na musamman — halayen da suka zama alamun da suka siffanta harkokinsa na kasuwanci da na siyasa a shekarun da suka biyo baya.

Lokacin da Abdulrahman ya yanke shawarar tsayawa takarar gwamnan jihar Kwara a karkashin jam’iyyar Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), ya nemi in zama mai magana da yawunsa a fannin yada labarai. Ya sha kashi a waccan zaben, kuma mutane da yawa sun yi tunanin cewa nan ne karshen labarin. Amma ba haka ba ne. Abokantakarmu ta ci gaba duk da wannan cikas, inda a shekarun da ba a cikin harkokin siyasa mai zafi ba, ta ci gaba ta hanyar sakonnin ranar Juma’a da muke musayar su akai-akai. Lokacin da daga bisani ya zama Gwamnan jihar Kwara, wannan abokantaka ba ta dusashe ba saboda ka’idojin ofis ko matsayi; maimakon haka, ta kara karfi da bunkasa.

A yau, wannan alaka ta fadada har ta hada gwamnatocin jihohi biyu. Idan Sardauna yana son yin magana da shugabana, Gwamna Dikko Umaru Radda na jihar Katsina, ba ya bin dogon tsarin ka’idojin ofis; kawai sai ya kira ni ya tambaye ni, “Ina Ogan naka yake? Yana Katsina ko Abuja?” Wannan matakin bude-kai da rashin shinge yana nuna irin amincin da aka gina tsawon shekaru, ba wai wanda aka kirkira don nunawa a gaban kyamarori ba.

An gwada wannan amincin kuma aka tabbatar da shi a shekarar da ta gabata, lokacin da Gwamna Radda ya samu karamar hatsarin mota. Sardauna ya rika kira akai-akai don jin halin da ake ciki, kuma a duk lokacin, ina tabbatar masa cewa shugabanmu yana cikin koshin lafiya da kwanciyar hankali. Ni ne na hada su ta wayar tarho yayin da Gwamna Radda ke karbar kulawar likita a wani asibiti da ke Abuja. Sun yi doguwar tattaunawa, kuma daga baya, Sardauna ya sake kirana da kansa don nuna godiyarsa. Washegari, ya tara takwarorinsa gwamnonin jam’iyyar APC a gidan jihar Katsina da ke Abuja domin taya Gwamna Radda murnar tsira daga hatsarin — wani mataki da ya bayyana wa dukkan ‘yan siyasa irin abokin da Sardauna yake.

An sake ganin wannan abokantaka a fili lokacin da Gwamna Radda ya zabi Sardauna don kaddamar da daya daga cikin manyan ayyukansa masu muhimmanci, wato makarantar ‘Radda Model Smart School’, wata cibiyar ilimi da ta ci biliyoyin naira. Kadan ne za su iya musanta wannan zabi. Wa kuma ya cancanci wannan karramawa, idan ba abokin da ya tsaya tare da shi a lokutan wahala da na farin ciki ba?

A wajen wannan bikin kaddamarwa, na yi amfani da damar wajen gabatar da abokin aikina, MS Ingawa, ga Sardauna. Ya tarbe mu cikin fara’a, sannan ya juyo gare ni ya ce — cikin salon barkwancinsa da aka saba gani — “Kaula, ka boye a Katsina,” kafin ya kara da cewa yana bibiyar ayyukana tare da karfafa min gwiwar ci gaba da su. Daga nan sai ya kira mai daukar hoton Gwamna Radda domin ya dauki hotonmu tare; wani karamin aiki mai dauke da ma’ana mai zurfi, wanda ya bayyana irin tawali’un da ke tattare da shi duk da girman mukaminsa.

A wancan lokacin ne ya sanar da ni a sirrince cewa nan ba da jimawa ba za a nada shi sarautar Sardaunan Ilorin. A yau ne aka cimma wannan rana a fadar Sarkin Ilorin, Mai Martaba Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, inda aka gudanar da bikin da ya samu halartar manyan mutane daga sassan kasar nan, ciki har da Mataimakin Shugaban Kasa Kashim Shettima; wanda a jawabinsa na yabo ya bayyana a fili duk abin da na sani game da wannan mutum a sirrince tsawon shekaru sama da talatin.

Saboda haka, ba abin mamaki ba ne a gare ni cewa lokacin da Gwamna Radda ya cika shekaru 57 da haihuwa, Sardauna — a matsayinsa na Shugaban Kungiyar Gwamnonin Najeriya (Nigeria Governors’ Forum) — shi ne ya rubuta sakon taya murna a madadin dukkan gwamnoni 36 na tarayyar kasar. A cikin sakon, ya rubuta cewa: “A madadin Kungiyar Gwamnonin Najeriya (NGF), ina mika sakon taya murna mai cike da kauna ga Mai Girma Gwamna dangane da zagayowar ranar haihuwarka. A yau, ba wai kawai muna bikin karuwar shekaru a rayuwarka ba ne, har ma muna bikin jajircewarka, jagorancinka, da kuma sadaukarwarka wajen ci gaba da bunkasar Jihar Katsina da kasa baki daya.” Yabo ne da ya dace matuka, wanda ya fito daga wurin aboki wanda aka riga aka tabbatar da amincinsa tun kafin a ba shi duk wata sarauta.

Daga filin wasan Polo a farkon shekarun 1990 zuwa fadar Sarkin Ilorin a yau, labarin abokantakarmu da Sardauna AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, ta fuskoki da dama, labari ne na rayuwar jama’a a Najeriya a matakinta mafi inganci — inda amincin juna, da zarar ya kafu sosai, yake dorewa fiye da lokutan nasara ko rashin nasara a zabe, yake tsira daga hadura da rikice-rikice, har daga karshe ya kai ga samun sarautu da ke tabbatar da gaskiyar abin da ya riga ya kasance a zahiri.

Dangane da haka, ina taya Mai Girma Gwamna AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq murnar samun sarautar Sardaunan Ilorin, wadda ta dace da shi matuka, tare da iyali, abokai, da masu kaunarsa a fadin kasar nan. Sarautar ta dace da shi saboda ya riga ya nuna halayen da ta kunsa a aikace, tun kafin bikin jiya ya ba ta suna a hukumance.

Ibrahim Kaula Mohammed shi ne Babban Sakataren Yada Labarai na Gwamnan Jihar Katsina.