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.

Sobi Specialist Hospital     Surajudeen Akanbi     Lai Mohammed     Binta Sulyman     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Jare Olatundun     Abraham Ojo     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Aso Ofi     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Unilorin FM     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     CLAY POT     Atiku     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     Gbenga Adebayo     Saba Jibril     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Olusegun Adeniyi     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Emmanuel Bello     Tayo Awodiji     Crystal Corner Shops     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Abubakar Imam     Aminat Ahmed     Saadu Yusuf     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Monsurat Omotosho     Jelili Yusuf     Oba Abu     Lawal Jimoh     Hamza Usman     Fatimoh Lawal     Kayode Bankole     Olupako Of Share     Olosi Of Osi     Madawaki     Bola Magaji     AbdulHamid Adi     Read With Me     Oke-Oyi     Modibo Kawu     IEDPU     Gbenga Awoyale     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Moses Adekanye     Yashikira     Sodiya     Clara Nwachukwu     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Sarah Alade     Inside Kwara     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Saheed Popoola     Aliyu Muyideen     Egbewole     Nupe     Oloyede     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Ile Arugbo     Moremi High School     Isiaka Gold     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Jumoke F. Ajao     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Afolayan     LAK Jimoh     Al-Hikmah Radio     CCB     Bayer AG     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Aminu Ado Bayero     Eruku    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Admiralty Villa     Chief Of Staff     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Abdulhakeem Amao     Ahman Pategi University     Sardauna     Offorjama     New Naira Notes     Esuwoye     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     Oniyangi     Zaratu Umar     Aliyu Salihu     Akorede     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Musibau Akanji     Tanke     Computer Based Test     IDPU     Binta Abubakar Mora     Convocation Ceremonies     Rapheal Ashaolu     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Bayer Nigeria Limited     International Aviation College     Oyin-Zubair     Alaro     Bond     Siraj Oyewale     REO CAKES     Abubakar Lah     Oba Abdulrahim     Olota Of Odo-Owa     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Durbar     Olatunde Jare     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Tunde Yusuf     Mamman Saba Jibril     Lanre Issa Onilu     Ilorin Metro Park     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Air Peace     Baba Isale     Goodluck Jonathan     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Cassava Growers\' Association     Ilorin South     Ahman Patigi     Damilola Yusuf     Mohammed Ibrahim     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Osinbajo     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     SAPZ Project     Florence Saraki     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Toyosi Thomas     Amusement Park     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     KWSUED     Femi Gbajabiamila     Clara Nwachukwu     Fatimoh Lawal     Alfa Yahaya Road     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Kwara State Government     Sanusi Abubakar     Government House     Kazeem Adekanye     Ilorin Like-Minds     Bola Tinubu     Tsaragi