Protest against CP Egbetokun needless, says Kwara APC

Date: 2019-02-08

Kwara state All Progressives Congress ( APC ) has described the protest by some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) youths against the appointment of Kayode Egbetokun as new commissioner of police of the state as abnormal.

Scores of PDP on Thursday this week staged a peaceful protest in Ilorin, the state capital kicking against the deployment of CP Egbetokun to the state ahead of the forthcoming elections.

In a statement, APC spokesperson in the state Tajudeen Aro said: "The basis for the jaundiced position was that Egbetokun at a time in his professional career was the Chief Security Officer (CSO) to Lagos State Governor, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

"However, no one, so far has been able to point a definite, legally justifiable finger for the purported bias of the newly posted Commissioner of Police expected to oversee the conduct of upcoming elections in the state.

"The time has come to separate the wheat from the chaff in Kwara politics and the apprehension exhibited by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state by sponsoring the recent rally is needless.

"This apprehension stems from the fact that this is apparently the only election period that the tyrannical political dynasty in the state would not have the direct or indirect control of the police in the prosecution of its nefarious political agenda.

"We think it is necessary to puncture the PDP's posturing through the sponsorship of faceless group to discredit Egbetokun's appointment.

"Their line of reasoning is a fallout of the politics of 2003, when the then Commissioner of Police posted to oversee the general elections was an aide of Senator Olusola Saraki, during his reign as Leader of the Senate in the second republic.

"The hatchet job by the then CP is left for posterity to judge. Could it be fear of retributive justice?

"This is a new era where votes must count and President Mohammad Buhari is one who will not compromise his integrity in the pursuance of a credible election.

"We expect the PDP to put a measure of dignity in their approach to issue of security, especially when preparing for eventualities.

"It is in this light, we pray for wisdom for the PDP in the state."

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Bukola Ajikobi     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Modibo Kawu     Salake     Mutawali     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Amuda Bembe     JAAC     Ilorin Airport     Ilorin International Airport     Musa Abdullahi     Kannike     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Sun Qing Rong     Solomon Edoja     11th Galadima     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Ahmed Dankaya     Elerinjare     SARS     Bello John Olanrewaju     Revenue Court     Bursary     Ayobami Seriki     Apaokagi     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Saka Adeyemo     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     Bello Bature     Yoruba     Bilikisu Gambari     College Of Education     Akorede     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Col. Adedipe     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Kwara State Pension Board     Gaa Olobi     Adeola Abraham     RTEAN     Hijaab     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Omoniyi     Oya State     Al-Hikmah Radio     Jelili Yusuf     Bola Olukoju     Gurei     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Bello Oyedepo     Kamaldeen Gambari     NFAI     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     NIPOGA     Issa Baba     Abdulrazaq Sanni     Akeem Olatunji     BECE     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Ajuloopin     MMWG     Ballah     ENetSuD     Seed Technologies     Minister     ARMTI     Bayer AG     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Yekini Adio    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Asa     T And K FOODS     Mohammed Abduraheem     ASUU     Shao     KWSIEC     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Split Diamond Interchange     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Saka Aleshinloye     Kazeem Adekanye     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Rueben Parejo     Lukman Adeloyin     Musa Aibinu     Eleja     Lawal Olohungbebe     Ekweremadu     Marafan Shonga     Balogun Ajikobi     Tsaragi-Share     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Salihu Ajia     Share     Bahago     Wahab Issa     Kwara 2015     KWACOBPA     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Salihu Yahaya     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Benin Republic     Ronke Adeyemi     V.O. Abioye     Jumoke F. Ajao     Saliu Tunde Bello     Shoprite     Elese Of Igbaja     CELF     Olaiya Lawal     BECE     Oya State     Hassan Saliu     Oloyede     Tunji Oyawoye     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Lithium     Adamu Attah     Matthew Okedare     Temi Kolawole     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Offa Metropolitan Club     2017 Budget     Ramadan     Bamidele Aluko     Toyin Sanusi     Abdulkarim Adisa     Alliance For Democracy     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Aisha Gobir     Omotoso Musa     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Oloriegbe     Mazars Consulting     Saadu Yusuf     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Nigeria Customs Service     IYA ALFA NLA     Sulyman Buhari     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     IFK     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab