A former publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress in Kwara State, Folaranmi Tajudeen Aro has faulted the recent primary of the party in the state chapter for the emergence of candidates for local council election.
In a statement issued to newsmen, he claimed that candidates were imposed without concern for the people’s choice.
The APC chieftain who maintained that the process was inimical to internal democracy called on Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to dissolve the executive of the Kwara state chapter.
The statement reads in part:” Silence, sometimes may not be golden but complicity in an open electoral fraud foisted on Kwarans by our party’s electoral committee.
“The exercise in Offa is a complete sham and therefore, I express my complete outrage and disappointment at the fraudulent exercise. I am dismayed that the party’s selection committee could come out to use the shameful Offa exercise to justify their complicity in this monumental electoral fraud that swept across the state. This charade has ridiculed and betrayed the trust of our people.
“I want to make it crystal clear that no primary took place in Offa except in three wards where the people revolted which showed them the direction of Offa. The so-called stakeholder decision was the first salvo packaged by a known notorious political bandit. In that exercise, there are thousand and one questions to be asked. Continued justification of that exercise will lead to more damning exposures that may tear the party apart.
“As a key player in the Otoge revolution that swept across the state in 2019, I am dismayed by the repeat of the same mistakes that led to our collective struggle against leadership failure in Kwara state.
“The recent primaries have exposed the systemic cleansing of seasoned and experienced politicians in the state. As the longest-serving publicity secretary of our party and probably the last man standing, if these shameful and mindless steps continue, the future of the party in Kwara state is dicey. If the leadership of the party had heeded my repeated warnings and admonitions, we would not find ourselves in this political mess we find ourselves.
“I want to appeal to His Excellency to dissolve the state executives for obvious reasons ranging from corruption and incompetence and complicity in matters that are capable of destroying the party.”
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