Elections: Only criminals need worry in Kwara - Lai Mohammed

Date: 2019-02-06

The information minister, Lai Mohammed, has said only criminals and political thugs need to be worried in Kwara State.

He said this is because they (miscreants) will not be allowed to cause violence or disrupt the forthcoming elections.

In a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES on Tuesday, the minister said the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP), Kwara State Chapter, had alleged that the federal government was planning to clamp down on opposition parties.

He said the allegation by the "shadowy" CNPP is a panic reaction to his consistent call on the security agencies to rid the nation of all known thugs in Kwara State, "to provide a level playing field for all the parties".

"A similar action by the security agencies went a long way in ensuring the success of the 17 Nov. 2018 by-election in the Irepodun/Ekiti/Oke-Ero/Isin Federal Constituency in Kwara, which was won by our party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), and which was widely adjudged to be free, fair and peaceful," he said.

He said thugs and other criminals in the state need to be worried as "they won't get the chance to disrupt the conduct of the forthcoming elections".

He said the move had made those "whose modus operandi is to use thugs and hooligans to snatch ballot papers, disenfranchise voters and generally terrorise the citizenry during elections restless and uneasy".

"We have no apologies for ridding the state of these delinquents," he said

However, he said all law-abiding residents of the state have nothing to fear.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

KWSIEC     Yoruba     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Tunde Oyawoye     Yemi Osinbajo     Olaitan Buraimoh     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     Jalala     Busari Alabi Alausa     Mohammed Yisa     Okin Group     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Adaramaja     Toyin Sanusi     Suleiman Ajadi     Share     Ahmed Dankaya     Dele Momodu     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Haleeman Salman     Bankole Omishore     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Wahab Agbaje     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Olatinwo     Musa Aibinu     Irepodun     Kwara North     Surajudeen Akanbi     Ilorin Emirate     Adamu Ibrahim Sabi     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Eleja     CKNG     Ifelodun     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Sardauna     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Iponrin     Taofik Mustapha     Okanlawon Taiwo     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Ahman Pategi University     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     NAWOJ     Jide Oyinloye     IFK     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Shehu Adaramaja     Jide Ashonibare     Ayinde Oki     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     Ejidongari     Moji Makanjuola     National Democratic Congress     Bashiru Makama     Rafiu Olasile     Ekiti     Suwa-Arabs     Seni Saraki     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Kemi Adeosun     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Jare Olatundun     Pius Abioje     Rueben Parejo     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Maryam Ado Bayero    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Harafat E. Mukadam     Oniwasi Agbaye     Damilola Yusuf     ITEM 7     Olohungbebe     Salman Suleiman     ER-KANG Mining     Egbejila     Patigi Regatta     Abatemi Usman     TIIDELab     Sheikh Alimi     Idris Amosa Saidu     Sa\'adu Salau     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Olateju Lukman     NIPR     National Information Technology Development Agency     Sunday Popo-Ola     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Jebba     Ojo Fadumila     Musa Aibinu     Gani Saadu     Public Holiday     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Sheikh Ariyibi     Vasolar     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Yakub Lai Gobir     Shonga     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Kabir Shagaya     Shuaib Jawondo     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Olawuyi     Young Progressives Party     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Bello Oyedepo     MMWG     Ahmed \'Lateef     Lanwa     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Adijat Adebiyi     Just Event Online     Bukola Ajikobi     Mohammed Danjuma     Sayomi     Kishira     Ramadhan     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Saheed Popoola     Garba Ado Sanni     Jare Olatundun     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Fatimat Saliu     Kayode Alabi     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Alimi     VADA     Suleiman Idris     Inside Kwara     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Suleiman Ajadi     UNILORIN Alumni     Ethical College     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     Just Law Forum     Kayode Ibrahim     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     National Broadcasting Commission     Otoge     Muhammadu Gobir