Kwara PDP Accuses KWASIEC Chairman Of Breaking His Word On LG Elections

Kwara state PDP on Sunday condemned in strong terms the alleged failure of the state electoral umpire to kick start an electoral process that will produce new leaders for local governments in the state.

 The party accused the Kwara state Independent Electoral Commission (KWASIEC), under Alhaji Okanla Baba’s chairmanship of failing to kick start the electoral process in question in February as promised in the commission’s  recent official statement .   

PDP  noted that for the commission to renege on its earlier promise to start the electoral process in  February without providing  an  explanation to the people implied that it is allegedly Governor Abdulrazaq’s tool rather than  being  an institution for the people.

‘This policy somersault, which is not the first time for KWASIEC, has already established the fears of all Kwarans and the position of Kwara PDP during the last public hearing on the LG amendment bill, which had been imposed as law on Kwara state that the Abdulrazaq-led APC government is not prepared to conduct LG elections in the state until year 2025’ the party submitted  in a statement issued in Ilorin  and made available to Team@orientactualmags.com by its state Publicity Secretary,  Mr. Olusegun Olusola Adewara .

 The party alleged  that the present KWASIEC, under Alhaji Okanla Baba’ s chairmanship, is being remote-controlled by Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, thus, losing public credibility to conduct LG elections  that will be free, fair and acceptable to all Kwarans.

‘For the umpteenth time, our party hereby passes a vote of no confidence in the Okanla-led KWASIEC and calls for its immediate dissolution, failure of which the party will be forced to take a legal action to rectify these anomalies and planned rape on grassroots democracy. 

No Kwaran will sit back comfortably and watch  KWASIEC which had pledged its loyalty to Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq and promised never to disappoint him be a referee for LG elections in the state’ the party added.

Kwara state PDP also urged President  Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) ‘to exercise their executive power and halt further disbursement of monthly allocations to the sixteen LGs in Kwara state’.

‘This action will not only compel Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to promptly conduct LG elections in the state but also help in breathing a sense of relief and restore peace and order to our people at the grassroots level’ the party added – Team@orientactualmags.com
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