Political realignment in Kwara as YPP backs APC, SDP National Assembly candidates

Date: 2023-02-24

A few hours to Saturday's general elections, the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in Kwara State has declared support for two candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and three candidates of the Social Democratic Party in the race for the National Assembly positions.

Chairman of the YPP, Chief Dele Ogunbayo, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Ilorin.

According to him, the decision was reached after deep consultation with relevant stakeholders in the state and the party.

He said for the Kwara Central senatorial seat, the party endorsed APC's Saliu Mustapha.

Ogunbayo also revealed that the party is backing the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidates for Kwara South and Kwara North Senatorial seats, Prof. Wale Suleiman and Adamu Manko, respectively.

“We are here to formally endorse the flagbearer of the APC for the Kwara Central Senatorial, Mallam Saliu Mustapha, the Kwara North Senatorial Candidate of the SDP Adamu Manko, Kwara South Senatorial candidate, Prof. Wale Suleiman of the SDP, Ilorin-South/Ilorin-East Federal Constituency Candidate, Alhaji Abdulganiyu Cook-Olododo and Asa/Ilorin-West Federal Constituency Candidate, Mallam Mukthar Shagaya, because we believe in their passion for Kwara State and service to the people- which is in line with our party's ideology,” the statement read.

He urged all YPP leaders and members to work assiduously to ensure the victory of the candidates endorsed by the party.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Elelu     Tsaragi/Share     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Kale Kawu     KWASEIC     Sarah Jubril     Rasaq Jimoh     Zaratu Umar     Cornelius Adebayo     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Tunji Olawuyi     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Atiku Abubakar     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Olatomiwa Williams     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Musa Alhassan Buge     Apaokagi     Maja     ITEM 7     Kazeem Adekanye     Halimat Yusuf     Firdaos Amasa     Alabi Lawal     Saad Belgore     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Saliu Shola Taofeek     Shola Odetundun     Maigida     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Titus Ashaolu     Aso Ofi     Egbewole     Oniye     Smart School     Musa Abdullahi     Kola Shittu     LAK Jimoh     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Nigerian Medical Association     Yusuf Lawal     Computer Based Test     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Saba Jibril     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Millennium Development Goals     Sodiya     Gbugbu International Market     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     Magaji Erubu     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Abdulkadir Orire     Hassan Oyeleke     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Omotoso Musa     Oke-Oyi     Agbarere     Isin     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     JAAC     Kwara 2015     Odo-Owa     Tuesday Assayomo     Osuwa     Amusa Bello     Ilorin South Constituency     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Omoniyi     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Adisa Logun     Temitope Ogunbanke     Eleja     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Alabere     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Aliyu Muhammed     MINILS     Yusuf Mubarak     Oladimeji Thompson     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Saad Omo Iya     Ishaq Salman     Oye Tinuoye     Tsaragi-Share     Marufat Oladosu     Bashir Badawi     Bond     Kwara Consultative Forum     Tunji Folami     Split Diamond Interchange     Laduba     Yahaya Seriki     Kwara State University Of Education     EndSARS     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Biliaminu Aliu     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Ilesha-Gwanara     AGILE Programme     Ayekale     Fola Consultant     Yoonus Lawal     Raheem Adaramaja     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Okala Baba     N-Power     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Busari Alabi Alausa     Yusuf Aiyedun     Bello Bature     Ilofa     Air Peace     Sai Kayi     Usman Yunusa     Kunle Suleiman     Michael Nzwekwe     Olawuyi     Olabode Towoju     Peter Amogbonjaye     Nigeria Customs Service     Hassan Saliu     Deji Ajani     Gamji Members Association     Musibau Akanji     Oniwasi Agbaye     Moji Makanjuola     Ali Ahmad     FERMA     MAI Akande     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Arca Santa     Afonja Descendants Union     Gabriel Fashanu     Modibbo Kawu     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Saeedat Aliyu     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Omu-aran     Sanitation Exercise     Babaloja-General     Sarakite     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Yahaya Dumoye     Salami Adekunle     IESA     Kunle Okeowo     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi