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Press Release 30th July, 2023 Ward Congresses: ‘Call your supporters, thugs to order,’ Kwara PDP tells Abdulrazaq, other APC leaders …asks security operatives to be on alert Ahead of Saturday ward congresses of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the State has called on leadership of both factions of the party to rein in their supporters and thugs to ensure a hitch-free exercise. The Kwara PDP State Publicity Secretary, Tunde Ashaolu, who made the call in a statement on Friday, also called on security agencies in the State to be vigilant and prevent breakdown of law and order in any part of the State. The statement reads in part: “With the lingering crisis ravaging the Kwara APC and with both factions of the party planning to hold parallel congresses across the 193 wards in the State, there are fears that the exercise could lead to mayhem and bloodletting. This is even as different groups and individuals within the party have been t...

Press Release 27th July, 2021 Kwara PDP condemns Gov Abdulrazaq over Sholyment's illegal detention  ...demands his immediate release  The Kwara State chapter of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, has condemned Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq over the unlawful detention of a social critic and opposition figure, Olusegun Olushola, aka Sholyment.  The party noted that Olushola being a responsible and law-abiding citizen, honoured the invitation of the Police on Monday, and was subsequently detained on the order of Governor Abdulrazaq, stressing that this amount to reckless abuse of power and an infringement on the critic's fundamental human rights.  It added that the State Government had already concluded arrangement to drag Sholyment to court over trumped up charges of inciting public disturbance, injurious falsehood and criminal defamation.  The Kwara PDP recalled that that was the same manner a member of the party, Lawal Sharafadeen, popularly known...

AA and the Assault on the Emirate By Wahab Oba This is not politics. And it's not funny. It's absurd, ridiculous, provocative and contemptuous. The ongoing assault on the Emirate, the Emir and the contempt in Kwara state in the form of governance reached another horrible peak during the Ileya festival. The governor decided it was not safe to observe the Durbar; the most anticipated part of the annual Islamic rites of Eid Adha. In reaching that ignominious decision you would think he would cite the need to tackle the emerging third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic where Kwara is now on the list of states of interest. But no, the governor cited a seemingly fallacious ‘security reason’; few hours after himself and other political leaders in Ilorin and environment had observed the Eid prayers. Though keen observers of trend of events in the last two years of this government would not be surprised by the 'suspension' of the people's festival, this action further demonstrate...