Electoral violence: Gov candidate asks ICC to focus on Kwara

Date: 2019-02-09

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Kwara State, Alhaji AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Thursday urged the International Criminal Court to focus on the state.

He said the step was necessary because of ongoing plans to unleash violence on the opposition before the election.

AbdulRazaq made the call in a statement made available to journalists in Ilorin, the state capital.

He commended the ICC for its latest message warning against violence in the coming polls.

He said, "We welcome the latest appeal and warnings by the International Criminal Court on Nigerian elections. "We believe elections should not be a do-or-die affair but should be about selling one's ideas to the electorate in an atmosphere devoid of violence or threat of same or intimidation.

"We have reasons to call on the ICC to especially turn its radar on Kwara State where the discredited political dynasty has consistently used violence to suppress opposition.

"The recent rise in political violence, including attacks on my person and supporters, as well as unabated destruction of our billboards, is instructive.

"We therefore invite the ICC to monitor the processes leading to the elections in Kwara State. My supporters and I hereby formally pledge peaceful campaign and conduct before, during and after the elections.

"We urge the people of Kwara to shun violence in all forms and discourage our youths from violence or anything that could disturb public peace."

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Forgo Battery Company Limited     Aliyu Salihu     Fareedah Dankaka     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     Folorunsho Alao     Baba Isale     Mustapha Olanipekun     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Mujtabah Bature     Temitope Ogunbanke     Diagnostic Centre     Olusola Saraki     Arandun     Salihu Ajia     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     Lukman Adeloyin     Monthly Sanitation     Babs Iwarere     Doyin Agbamu     Oluronke Adeyemi     Kishira     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Playing Host     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Offa Metropolitan Club     Toyin Sanusi     Garba Ado Sanni     Olabanji Orilonishe     Sheriff Shagaya     IFK     Kola Bukoye     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Awoye     Yomi Ogunsola     Mohammed Haruna     Mohammed Abduraheem     NaAllah     UNIFEMGA     Okin Biscuit     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Okasanmi Ajayi     Joseph Daudu     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Plat Technologies Limited     Olugbense     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     ASKOMP     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     ENetSuD     Waheed Ibrahim     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Esuwoye     Sai Kayi     Maja     Labour Party     Alikinla     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Sobi     Jimoh Akani     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Siraj Oyewale     Paul Odama     Nurudeen Muhammed     Babatunde Ajeigbe     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Ilorin Curfew     Government House     Amosa     Kolawole Akande     Kwara State Fire Service     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Agor Market     IQRA College     Mohammed Yahaya Barki    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Adanla-Irese     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Egbejila     Awodun     Oye Tinuoye     Ijakadi     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Yusuf Mubarak     Okasanmi Ajayi     Oyelere Oyinloye     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Hussein Olokooba     Michael Nzekwe     Sunday Otokiti     Ronke Adeyemi     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Maigidasanma     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Sa\'adu Gambari     Kwara 2023     Elerinjare     Shuaib Olarongbe     Ileloke     Olatunde Jare     Eleyele     Gani Saadu     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Umar Danladi Shero     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Law School Scholarship     Dauda Adesola     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     CUTI     EndSARS     Millennium Development Goals     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Cassava Growers\' Association     Mohammed Abdulahi     Toyin Falola     Smart School     Abatemi Usman     Ilorin General Hospital     Segun Adeniyi     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Shoprite     Gbugbu     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Adesoye     Bureau Of Lands     General Hospital, Offa     Oju Ekun Sarumi     NIRSAL     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     HICA     Ahmed Bayero     Yaman     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Valsolar Consultoria     Abraysports FC     Muazam Nayaya     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Ohoro Of Shao     Ballah     Adedipe     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Modibo Kawu     Olawuyi     Mufti Of Ilorin     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Vasolar     Mutawalle