Date: 2018-03-28

...Says APC has been rejected by Kwarans A group under the agies of Coalition of Magajingeri Youths Associations has called on Yahaya Seriki, an All Progressives Congress (APC) member, to defect to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to actualize his 2019 political ambition.

The youths made the call in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, shortly after a courtesy visit paid by Seriki to some constituency leaders in Magajingeri constituency.

In a statement signed by Tosho Abdulkareem, the group Public Relations Officer, a copy made avaliable to Westernpost, the youths advised Seriki to move to PDP along with his teeming supporters as his current party (APC), has been rejected by Kwarans which they said was evident during the November 2017 Local Government elections.

The statement also urged other well meaning Kwarans to participate actively in the politics of 2019 and well as align themselves with the next level flight which they said would be the PDP.

Seriki, according to the group is a gubernatorial hopeful in kwara State and he has being in politics as far back as 2010 with DPP and aspired for the House of Representatives in 2015 but later steped down due to party system of APC in the state.

"Yahaya Seriki was born and bred in Ilorin, he does his business here and everything in Ilorin so, he understands the problems our people in kwara are going through.

"While we commend Yahaya Seriki for his various gestures at bringing development to the people as a private citizen, we assure that if he contest in 2019, he has already indentified needs of the people and he will improve the living standard of Kwarans.

"As a philanthropist and politician, we encourage him to come and do it, join the party and serve in the interests of the youths," the statement said Seriki was also described as an able and capable citizen to positively change lives of Kwarans if given the opportunity.