Former governor of Kwara State and chairman, Senate committee on Environment and Ecology, Senator Bukola Saraki, has foreclosed any threat from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party of wrestling power from the ruling All Progressives Congress in the state come 2015.

Saraki stated this in Ilorin on Friday while speaking with journalists shortly after attending a special prayer organised to mark his 52nd birthday held at his home at Ilofa GRA, Ilorin, the state capital. Saraki decried conflicting statement from leadership of the PDP over the result of the party's governorship primary elections.

Saraki, who was asked to comment on the chances of the APC with the conclusion of the PDP's governorship primaries last week Friday, said, "I don't know who the opposition party's candidate is in the coming election.

"There's conflicting statements on whom the candidate is as one faction of the state executives said the national leadership of the party will decide, while another one said the result is already out.

"It shows what they are. They are not ready to govern with the way they go about their activities. We are not concerned, we are rather concerned about delivering more of dividends of democracy to our people.

"That's why I said that the best birthday gift they could give me is to use their voters cards to re-elect Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed and vote in all our candidates in the 2015 general elections".

Also, the Kwara State chapter of the APC has cautioned the opposition PDP from overheating the polity in the state with the way the result of last governorship election was being handled.

A statement by the publicity secretary of the party, Sulyman Buhari, made available to journalists in Ilorin at the weekend, alleged that there were reports of pockets of violence across the state including an attack on a former PDP governorship aspirant by some party thugs.

"The fact that the State Executive Committee (SEC) of Kwara PDP issued a communique and the Chairman of PDP, Mr Iyiola Oyedepo issued a contrary press statement yet on the same subject matter is a signal that Kwara PDP has been divided and destroyed beyond redemption.

"It is of particular concern to the people of Kwara State that Kwara PDP is being remote-controlled from Abuja and Otuoke as shown when PDP chairman said, "the state chapter of the PDP lacks the power to recognise any candidate except the ones duly announced as winners by the National Working Committee (NWC).

"It should surprise Kwarans that while our great party, the APC, conducted primary elections and made formal declaration of candidates' names within the boundaries of Kwara State, PDP candidates will emerge not through elections but by mere announcement from Abuja", the Chairman said.

"This again shows that the undemocratic PDP have dropped all its pretences about being democratic. If the new found jackboot politics and politics of announcement by the PDP is a ploy to impose candidates on its few members in Kwara State, it is PDP's business but PDP should stop parading itself as being democratic or champion of 'freedom' from phantom bondage when it daily invites external aggression and conspiracy to destabilise the peace and stability of Kwara State", he said.