LG Elections: Gov Abdulrazaq has Committed a Grave Political Suicide - Kwara PDP
....Says attacking Saraki's Personality no longer a cover-up for his all-round Failures
The Kwara State Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed deep concern over the audacity of the Abdulrahman-led administration to declare its candidates victorious in what was clearly the most flawed and fraudulent local government election of the decade.
In a statement signed by the PDP's Publicity Secretary , Olusegun Olusola Adewara, the PDP notes that the concocted results, shamefully written and announced from the confines of Government House, contradicted the actual votes cast at the polls and represented an usurpation of the democratic will of Kwarans.
“By daring to impose these fraudulent results on the people, Governor Abdulrahman and his minions have effectively committed political suicide,”
The party also condemned the Kwara State Government’s feeble attempt to attack the personality of the former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki (CON), the Waziri Ngeri of Ilorin, who out of his love for the state and commitment to its progress, praised the people of Kwara for their courage and determination to excercise their franchise even though they were later disappointed by the crude manner the Governor later subverted their will by imposing his handpicked surrogates as council chairmen and councilors against the will of the people.
The PDP asserted that Dr. Bukola Saraki’s reputation and political stature are globally recognized and do not need the validation of a government struggling with its own legitimacy. Saraki's multi-sectoral reforms and strategic contributions to the development of Kwara State are legacies that cannot be diminished by the propaganda of a visionless administration
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Blaming the PDP for the conduct of an election that failed every test of morality and legality, it is not only laughable but also a clear sign that Abdulrazaq's government has completely lost its moral compass.
As a party , we have no apology for approaching the courts to safeguard the sanctity of the electoral process, which Abdulrahman sought to manipulate as a trap for Kwarans. The party's judicial intervention successfully exposed the governor’s lawlessness and his anti-democratic agenda.
No amount of lies, propaganda, or tantrums directed at Dr. Saraki can erase the glaring failures of Abdulrazaq's government. Since 2019, the Abdulrazaq administration has mismanaged the state's resources, squandering the huge financial inflow meant to uplift the people of Kwara by using illegal TIC to oversee the council areas for more than 3 years without any tangible achievement.
The PDP finds it laughable that the governor thinks attacking Saraki—a man revered as the architect of modern Kwara—will divert public attention from his gross mismanagement and failed leadership.
The PDP emphasized that Governor Abdulrahman’s propaganda machinery, including the Commissioner for Communications and other politically appointed surrogates, has been preoccupied with smearing the reputation of any credible voice that dares to challenge their incompetence. The attacks on respected figures like Chief Akogun Iyiola Oyedepo, Alhaji Folaranmi Aro, and the apolitical Asiwaju of Offa, are just a few examples of how this government has recklessly vilified those who have spoken out about its failures. In the case of the Asiwaju of Offa, the unwarranted attack was met with public outrage, forcing the APC surrogates to issue an apology.
“It is clear that this government’s penchant for attacking anyone who advises or questions it is akin to a hunter’s dog destined for destruction, refusing to heed its master’s whistle,”
If Governor Abdulrazaq wishes to leave a legacy like Saraki's, he will need more than fifty years of selfless, compassionate service to the people. No amount of childish propaganda can bring Saraki down to Abdulrahman’s level.
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