Abdulrazaq: Kwara APC's Victory Shows People's Determination to Achieve Freedom

Date: 2018-11-19

Governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq, on Sunday said Saturday's by-election victory of the party in the Irepodun/Isin/Ekiti/Oke-Ero federal constituency of the state was an indication of the commitment and desire of the people of the state to achieve political freedom and return the governance of the state to APC in 2019.

Alhaji Abdulrasaq, in a statement issued in Ilorin on Sunday, said "there is no doubt that the APC would advance forward towards winning more seats during the next year general election in the state."

The statement said, "This victory represents a great leap in our people's lifelong yearning for political freedom, good governance, development, accountability and integrity.

"It is the beginning of the end for characters who have held our dear state to ransom, characters who have made Kwara and its people the butt of national jokes! The outcome, more than anything else, asserts the fact that our people have had enough of the status quo.

"They are saying enough is enough and the time to move Kwara to the next level is now."

The APC governorship candidate said, "As we savour this well-deserved victory, we therefore urge our people to not relent as we head to the general election where, God willing, we will see to the end of a status quo that represents backwardness, corruption and disdain for socioeconomic advancement of the people and the state."

He also noted that, "One of the secrets of our success in this by-election is the suppression and almost total eradication of criminals and armed thugs hitherto used in rigging elections in Kwara," adding that, "Kwarans will never forget the 31 lives lost in the Offa robbery; we will ensure that their lives were not lost in vain."

Abdulrazaq commended the efforts of the security and electoral officers, saying "We thank the security agencies for their efficiency and disciplined discharge of duties .

"We thank the electoral commission for conducting a free and fair election and resisting desperate attempts to subvert the rules and manipulate the poll. We urge these government agencies to keep up the good work."

The Chief Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Abimbola Adesoji, while declaring the result of the by-election at the Irepodun Local Government Secretariat in Omu-Aran, said Hon. Raheem Olatunji Olawuyi polled 21,236 to emerge winner.

He defeated his closest rival, Saheed Damilare of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who polled 18,095.

Abimbola, who is of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, said Olawuyi having scored the highest number of votes in the election was declared winner.

Other contestants in the election were Femi Ona-Ara of Labour Party, Ajadi Olayemi of Peoples Party of Nigeria (PPN) as well as Olaniyan Ayorinde of Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN)

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Oke-Ero     National Pilot     Sam Okaula     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Bola Magaji     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Danladi     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Oladimeji Thompson     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Ijakadi     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Face Masks     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Abikan     Shonga Farm Project     Dagbalodo     John Obuh     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Oba-Solagberu     Isau     Agor     Rasheed Jimoh     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Plat Technologies     Flights To Ilorin     Saadu Alanamu     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Oloje     Tunde Kazeem     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Zaratu Umar     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Press Release     Jimoh Bashir     Orisa Bridge     Turaki Of Ilorin     Ilorin Metro Park     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Idris Garba     Usman Yunusa     Ilorin Amusement Park     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Femi Ogunsola     Abubakar Suleiman     Hijab     Ifelodun     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Damilola Yusuf     Jalala     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     Tunji Ajanaku     International Aviation College     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Simeon Sule Ajibola     ITP     Aminat Ahmed     Ibrahim Taiwo     NIPR     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Afonja     Tafidan Kaiama     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     LEAH Charity Foundation     Bolaji Gambari     Idi-Ape     Yakub Ali-Agan     Mazars Consulting     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Segun Abifarin     Kazeem Adekanye     Najim Yaasin     Hijaab     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Abubakar Lah     Durbar Festival     Facemasks     Overland     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Tanke     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Borgu     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Abdulkadir Orire     Daud Adeshola     Saka Onimago     Maigida Soludero Transit     Aliyu U. Tilde     Arca Santa     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     GRA     Wahab Issa     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Ike Ekweremadu     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Oyin-Zubair     Adebara     Isin     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Pakata Patriots     PPS     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Kulende     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Ilofa     Baba-Isale     Saudat Abdulbaqi     Chief Of Staff     Kwara Volleyball Association     Abubakar Baba     Shehu Adaramaja     Innocent Okoye     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     Henry Olaosebikan     Abubakar Abdulraheem     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Salihu Ajia     Elerin Of Adanla     First Lady     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Kayode Alabi     NURTW     Elese Of Igbaja     LABTOP     Adewuyi Funmilayo     TETFUND     Saadu Yusuf     COEASU     VADA     Quareeb Islamic Association     Joseph Offorjama     Vasolar Consultoria     Olatinwo     Babata     Okiki     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Face Masks     Yaman     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Saliu Mustapha