Oke-Ode: Kwara PDP Reacts To Gov Abdulrazaq’s Comments, Says Bank Robbery Not Comparable With Banditry
Kwara State PDP has described Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq’s attempt to compare the 2018 Offa bank robbery to the current escalating banditry and kidnapping crisis in the state as an exhibition of cluelessness and a shameful defensive political stunt.
The party in a statement issued in Ilorin and made available to Team@orientactualmags.com by its State Publicity Secretary, Mr Olusegun Olusola Adewara noted that this was done to react to the governor’s comments during his visit to Oke Ode on Thursday, where he attempted to shift the blame for the security collapse in the state by reviving the Offa Bank Robbery tragedy.
‘Governor AbdulRazaq’s deliberate comparison of a single, albeit tragic, bank robbery—an act of urban crime which happens even in developed countries —to the current widespread crisis of rural banditry, farm raids, mass kidnappings, and the resulting displacement of communities in Kwara North and South, is a shocking failure of executive comprehension.
Banditry and Kidnapping are a direct result of ungoverned spaces, failed intelligence, and a security infrastructure overwhelmed by trans-border criminal syndicates which summarily indicate leadership failure.
A governor who fails to understand the fundamental difference between these two distinct threats is clearly incapable of devising the right solution. The governor’s response confirms our assertion; a governor who lacks understanding of a given problem cannot provide the right solution.
Our party considers the governor’s outburst in Oke ode as not only unfortunate but also insulting to the people of Offa, whose scars from that dastardly act are yet to fully heal. To exploit their pains for cheap political point-scoring is the lowest any leader can descend to’ the party said.
PDP also noted that it is important to recall that the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) of the Federation, Mohammed U.E. had after a thorough review of the Police investigation, explicitly stated that the DPP was ‘unable to establish a nexus’ that linked Dr. Saraki to the Offa robbery suspects.
‘It is even laughable that a sitting governor wants Kwarans to believe that a two-term governor, former Senate President, and the then leader of Nigeria’s National Assembly would sponsor those who carried out a crime in broad daylight and even had their vehicles emblazoned with his name. This is propaganda taken too far, a clear evidence of Governor Abdulrazaq’s desperation and poor sense of judgment.
It is disheartening and cruel that a governor would stoop so low as to repeatedly use the painful, open wounds of the Offa community as a political defensive tool to shield himself from national criticism over his own poor performance and cluelessness in managing the rising insecurity. Offa people must stand up and condemn the governor’s desperate attempt to exploit their trauma’ the statement added.
The party also described the governor’s fixation on Dr Bukola Saraki as condemnable-Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08035023079, 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com. Thank you
