Kwara PDP accuses Governor Abdulrazaq of intimidation

Date: 2019-10-15

The Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq-led administration of using instruments of the state to intimidate political opponents and settle political scores.

In a statement on Monday by its State Chairman, Hon (Engr) Kola Shittu, the PDP alleged that the All Progressives Congress-led State government is using the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to witch-hunt its members and coerce them into joining the APC.

The statement reads, "A few days ago, on the directive of the Governor Abdulrazaq, vice-chairmen and councillors of local government councils in the State were invited to the Government House, where they were addressed by a former Kwara South senator and chieftain of the APC in the State.

"At the meeting, the vice-chairmen and councillors were told to denounce the PDP and join the APC or else, EFCC will come after them.

"We will, therefore, not be surprised if, in the coming days, the anti-graft agency drags the council vice-chairmen and the councillors on cooked allegations of corruption. One is left to wonder if the Commission has now become an arm of Kwara APC.

"This is the same way Governor Abdulrazaq has been using the State Assembly to perpetuate his vendetta mission against political opponents in the State.

"Let it be noted that our party is not opposed to the war against corruption, we, however, reject the use of the EFCC and other state apparatus as political tools to intimidate, harass and persecute opposition members.

"We urge the council vice-chairmen, councillors and our members across the state to remain resolute and not to succumb to the intimidation of anti-democratic forces.

"The council chairmen, their deputies and the councillors were duly elected by the people, and no one has the power to unlawfully usurp their positions.

"As we have always done, we once again advise Governor Abdulrazaq to focus more on governance for which he was elected for and stop this politics of bitterness and vindictiveness. We wish he had spent as much time trying to govern effectively as he had spent pursuing a vendetta mission.

"On the recovered loots returned to the State government by the EFCC, we challenge the Commission and the government to release names of officials whom the loots were recovered from.

"We reject the unsuccessful attempt to drag the PDP into this matter, which we view as a case of 'giving a dog a bad name and hang it'.

"We understand that the monies were recovered from civil servants who have no dealings with the PDP. There is, therefore, no basis to drag our party into this."

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Falokun-Oja     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Moses Adekanye     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Women Radio     A.O. Belgore     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Moji Makanjuola     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Abegunde Goke     Ahmad Belgore     Shettima     Mohammed Abduraheem     Jaiz Bank     Kamaldeen Gambari     Kunbi Titiloye     NIRSAL     Kumbi Titilope     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Kawu     Tanke Road     Turaki     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Saka Keji     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     GAMA     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Sun Qing Rong     Hassanat Bello     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Amosa     Al-Ilory     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Hassan Oyeleke     Azeez Salawu     Baboko Primary School     Risikat Lawal     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     07039448763     Taofeek Sanusi     Babaita     Alabe     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Hajj     Abubakar Imam     Inside Kwara     Yetunde Balogun     Bankole Omisore     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Towoju     CUTI     ITEM 7     Frootify     George Funsho Adebayo     Bisi Oyeleke     Millennium Development Goals     March 28     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Shola Odetundun     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Aliyu Salihu     Usman Rifun     Ilofa     Alapansapa     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Ayinke Saka     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Agboola Babatunde     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Monsurat Omotosho     Abiodun Musa Aibinu    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Bayo Ojo     Idowu Aremu     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Ajasse-Ipo     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Usman Yunusa     Garba Dogo     Dasuki Belgore     Iponrin     Salaudeen Oyewale     Adeniyi Ojo     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     Kwara South     Offa Metropolitan Club     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     Raymond Olaitan     Abubakar Atiku     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Adegoke Bamidele     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Abatemi-Usman     Omupo     Aliyu Muhammed     Alapansapa     Nurudeen Mohammed     Saadu Yusuf     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Olatunde Olukoya     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Kwarareports     Taofeek Sanusi     Kunbi Titiloye     Salami Adekunle     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Oladimeji Thompson     Ilorin International Airport     Alore     Abdulazeez Arowona     Demola Banu     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Public Holiday     Azeez Salawu     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Olatunde Jare     Oniyangi     AGF Abdulrazaq     Leke Ogungbe     CKNG     Malete     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Sunday Otokiti     Benin Republic     Baboko     Marafan Shonga     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Yaman     Ajike People Support Centre     Modupe Oluwole     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Sulyman Tejidini     GANZY     Nupe     Oba Abdulrahim     Kisira     Sarah Alade     Shettima Of Ilorin     Curfew     Peter Amogbonjaye     Rapheal Ashaolu