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.

ASUU     Olupako Of Share     Oke-Kura     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Ishaq Salman     Anilelerin     KwaraLearn     Kwara Metro Park     Yunus Oniboki     Split Diamond Interchange     Ita-Nmo Market     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Tayo Awodiji     Budo Egba     Kayode Alabi     Khairat Gwadabe     Kwara Hotel     Maryam Nurudeen     Maimunat Oniyangi     Aisha Gobir     Transition Implementation Committee     Goodluck Jonathan     Quareeb Islamic Association     Lai Gobir     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Amasa     The Herald     Kabir Shagaya     Adeleke Ogungbe     John Obuh     Revenue Court     Binta Abubakar Mora     Suleman Abubakar     General Hospital     Baba Issa Awoye     Mufutau Olatinwo     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     Daud Adeshola     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Forgo Battery     Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Tunde Akanbi     Balikis Jawondo     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Samari     Femtech     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Amusement Park     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Shade Omoniyi     Sayomi     Mohammed Danjuma     JAMB     Facebook     Elekoyangan     Abubakar Ndakene     Abubakar Baba     Sulaiman Gado     Mufti Of Ilorin     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Tanke Road     Aminu Ado Bayero     Ilorin South Constituency     Pakata Development Association     Okiki     Moses Rahman Popoola     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Egbejila     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Oko Erin     Shettima     Shao    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Jelili Yusuf     Sarah Alade     Sebastine Obasi     Kwara 2019     JUSUN     Mahe Abdulkadir     Baruba     Eghe Igbinehi     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Al-Hikmah Radio     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Bayer AG     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     John Dara     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Nurudeen Mohammed     Bashiru Makama     KWASEIC     Lafia Aliyu Korasabi     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Idiagbon     Noah Yusuf     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Saka Aleshinloye     Hassanat Bello     Harafat E. Mukadam     Aliyu Muyideen     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Ilofa     Kassim Babamale     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Muhammed Danjuma     Abatemi Usman     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Funmilayo Zubair     Amoyo     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Oyawoye     Fatai Olodo     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Kazeem Gbolagade     Afetu Of Alabe     Tunji Arosanyin     Yemi Osinbajo     Kwara Poly     Ahmad Uthman     Adijat Adebiyi     Albert Ogunsola     Principal Private Secretary     Lai Mohammed     New Model Police Station     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Abdulfatai Baakini     Unilorin FM     Ope Saraki     Unilorin     Fareedah Dankaka     Umar Saro     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Centre For Digital Economy     Erin-ile     Ibrahim Bio     Abiodun Oyedepo     Galadima     Mumeen Lah     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Boko Haram     Kwara Basketball Association     Oniwasi Agbaye     Ibrahim Labaika     Abdullah Janet Amudat