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.

Sa\'adu Salau     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     LEAH Charity Foundation     Isau     Gbenga Olawepo     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Hassan Oyeleke     Sabo-Oke     Ijagbo     Iyaloja-General     Yusuf Arowosaye     Neo Mundo Ltd     Turaki Of Ilorin     Fatai Olodo     Inside Kwara     Oba-Solagberu     KWAFFA     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Saliu Mustapha     Deji Ajani     Oba Abdulrahim     Ilofa     Kwarareports     Samuel Adaramola     Obuh     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Ajakaye     Erubu     Kunbi Titiloye     ITP     Patience Jonathan     Old Oyo     Tafida Of Ilorin     GGDSS Pakata     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Damilola Yusuf     Rasaq Jimoh     Musa Aibinu     Bisi Oyeleke     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Hassan Taiye Salam     07039448763     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Bayer AG     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     James Kolo     Saadu Yusuf     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Riskat Opakunle     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Mogaji Aare     Jimba Babatunde     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Ishaq Salman     Galadima     Share-Tsaragi     Olota Of Odo-Owa     Mazars Consulting     S.O. Opowoye     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Daud Adeshola     IYA ALFA NLA     Abdulwaheed Musa     Oniwasi Agbaye     Yoonus Lawal     Saadu Alanamu     Amosa     Moro     Musibau Akanji     Sheriff Shagaya     Magaji Nda     Unicontinental Construction Company     Agboola Abdulraheem     Oni Adebayo    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Kehinde Boyede     Olabanji Orilonishe     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Mohammed Ibrahim     Mohammed Abduraheem     Abdulrazaq Sanni     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Muhammad Yahya     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Danhawa     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     COVID     Florence Saraki     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Kwarareports     Abdulkadir Jimoh     IYA YUSUF     Okoolowo     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Kwara State Football Association     Michael Nzekwe     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Dankaka     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Ahmed     Solomon Edoja     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Bashir Adigun     Usman Yunusa     Salake     Sabo-Oke     School Of Nursing     John Obuh     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     John Olobayo     VADA     SSA Youth     Saba Mamman Daniel     Arandun     Akeem Lawal     Gaa Olobi     Olaosebikan     IDPU     Isiaka Danmeromu     Paul Odama     Idi-Ape     Sheikh Alimi     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     Salaudeen Oyewale     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Dunmade     Bareke     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Law School Scholarship     Jumoke F. Ajao     Niyi Osundare     Marufat Oladosu     Raji AbdulRasaq     Adeniyi Ojo     Alabere     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Goodluck Jonathan     Osi     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     Jawondo     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Rueben Parejo     Offa Poly     Tunde Kazeem     Shoprite     Valsolar Consultoria