Kwara By-Election: You're not an election tribunal, APC lectures Senate

Date: 2018-11-24

The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has cautioned the Senate not to dabble into the workings of the judiciary with regards to the conduct of the last by-election in Kwara state.

In a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, the APC said "the questionable decision by the Senate to investigate the circumstances leading to the Peoples Democratic Party PDP loss in the last Saturday's House of Representatives' by-election in Kwara State must be seen for what it is - an abuse of the powers of the legislative arm of government to pursue selfish political ends".

The party condemned what it described as the various Senate investigations of the by-election, which took place in the home state of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki.

"We also find it curious that other by-election conducted in Katsina and Bauchi States have not received similar attention from the Senate.

"It is clear that the sweet victory by the APC House of Representatives candidate, Alhaji Raheem Olawuyi-Ajuloopin in the by-election has hit the overrated federal lawmakers from Kwara State badly.

"The PDP is not pretending to have learnt any lessons from its past anti-democratic practices. The usurpers occupying the Senate leadership seat have no altruistic intentions other than to manipulate state institutions to pursue personal interests and massage battered ego. When has it become the responsibility of the legislative arm of government to constitute itself into an election tribunal?

"They should understand that, like the rest of the country, Kwara State has seen enough of impunity and misrule represented by the self-serving leaders of the PDP. Turning the Senate into an electoral tribunal only shows Nigerians that the PDP has not changed from its odious practice of compromising the system to promote illusionary ambitions. We can only advise the leaders of PDP in Kwara State and elsewhere in the country to get used to losing elections. The Nigerian electorate have tasted the benefits of good governance in the last three and half years of President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC government and won't go back to the PDP's 16 years of waste and misrule.

"Elections have been won and lost. A new and progressive Kwara State beckons. Through their votes, the Kwara electorate have spoken clearly on the new political direction in the State. Kwara State has suffered enough of the selfish machinations of a self-appointed leader. The will and wishes of the good people of the state must prevail now, in the 2019 elections and beyond"0, the party added.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Lawan     Read With Me     Paul Odama     Idowu Aremu     Madawaki     Yeketi     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Tafida Of Kaiama     James Ayeni     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Kwara Central     Oko     Diagnostic Centre     Fatimoh Lawal     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Ajakaye     Florence Saraki     Bayo Ajia     Vasolar Consultoria     Igosun     Shuaib Jawondo     Danhawa     Abikan     Ethical College     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Talaka Parapo     Democracy Day     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     NYSC     KW-GIS     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Sheikh Ariyibi     Kwara Apc     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     CBT     Erin-ile     Garba Ado Sanni     Saka Onimago     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Ayo Salami     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     John Dara     Bolakale Kawu Agaka     Oke-Ogun     Mohammed Abdulahi     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Tsaragi     Sarah Alade     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     MATTA Girls Foundation     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Idi-Ape     Millennium Development Goals     Bursary     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     CCT     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Fareedah Dankaka     Forgo Battery     Aminat Ahmed     Assayomo     IHS Towers     Offa Metropolitan Club     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Temitope Ogunbanke     Umaru Saro     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Baba Idris     Third Estate     Flights To Ilorin     Islamic Development Bank     Harmony Holdings     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Bankole Omisore     Nagode     Igbomina     Joseph Alex Offorjama     National Pilot     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Habeeb Saidu     ASUU     David Oyedepo     Imam Gambari     Isiaka Yusuf     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Metro Park     Yaman     Shagari     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Agor Market     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Erin-ile     Sobi Hill     Abdulraheem Olesin     Mohammed Yisa     Niyi Ogundiran     Sam Okaula     Sheikh Alimi     Bello Oyebanji     Ben Duntoye     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Olatinwo     Funke Adedoyin     Mustapha Akanbi     Doyin Group     Wasiu Odewale     Amule     Ibrahim Abikan     Tunji Arosanyin     Transition Implementation Committee     Laolu Saraki     Michael Nzwekwe     Sunday Otokiti     Olohungbebe     Shaaba Lafiagi     Abubakar Ndakene     JAMB     CBT     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Ahmad Uthman     Asa     IF-K     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Ghali Alaaya     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Omu-aran     Saduki Lafiagi     Asa LGEA School     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Haleeman Salman     Fatimoh Lawal     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Kwara State University Of Education     NTA Ilorin     Amusement Park     Al-Adaby     Olatunde Olukoya     Kwasu     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Olaosebikan     Omu Aran     AGM Professional Services     Ilorin South Constituency     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Oluronke Adeyemi     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen