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.

AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Otuka     Post-utme     Mohammed Yisa     Bureau Of Lands     Olaosebikan     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Facebook     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     IYA ALFA NLA     Peter Obi     Mazars Consulting     Atiku     Reuben Paraje     Sarkin Malamai     Funmilayo Mohammed     Oko Erin     Yakubu Danladi     Pakata     Dan Masanin     Royal FM     National Party Of Nigeria     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Osuwa     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Olawuyi     Young Progressives Party     Agboola Babatunde     Aliyu Muhammed     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Kwara Politics     Toyin Falola     Illyasu Abdullahi     Folorunsho Alao     Tafidan Kaiama     Wahab Egbewole     Adamu Attah     Forgo Battery     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Face Masks     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Bolaji Abdullahi     Musibau Akanji     Atiku Abubakar     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Elewu     Kwara Hotel     Sabi     Aliyu Sabi     Amasa     Minister     IFK     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Salihu Ajia     Rasheed Jimoh     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Adeola Abraham     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Patience Jonathan     Kolawole Akande     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     Mahee Abdulkadir     April 11     Unilorin FM     Ronke Adeyemi     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     AGF Abdulrazaq     Igbomina     Ayekale     Bello Oyebanji     CBT     Olosi Of Osi     Wahab Abayawo    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Kawu Baraje     Abegunde Goke     Fola Consultant     Frootify     Olatunji Moronfoye     ER-KANG     Tafida Of Ilorin     Mohammed Ibrahim     Voices Of Tomorrow     Government House     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Omu Aran     James Kolo     Okin Biscuit     Sa\'adu Gambari     ASKOMP     Atunwa     Akanji     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Saidu Yaro Musa     Pakata     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Mohammed Abduraheem     Budo Egba     Trader Moni     Ndakene     ENetSuD     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Ahman Pategi     Plat Technologies Limited     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Abdulkarim Adisa     Police Commissioner     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Balogun-Ojomu     Kumbi Titilope     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Raymond Olaitan     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Ahmad Lawan     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Erubu Oba Zubair     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Obuh     Pakata Development Association     Women Radio     NSCIA     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Yakub Lai Gobir     Oke-Odo     Hassan Taiye Salam     Ilorin Amusement Park     Christopher Odetunde     Crystal Corner Shops     Oko     Ajike People Support Centre     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Fatimoh Lawal     Sheriff Shagaya     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     EFCC     Abdulfatai Baakini     Ike Ekweremadu     Yahaya Muhammad     Albert Ogunsola     Fatai Olodo     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     AIT Ilorin     Ibrahim Labaika     Joana Nnazua Kolo