The Kwara State Chapter of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) has raised alarm over plans by the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) to cause public disaffection against the PDP Administration of Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed by rekindling a resolved misunderstanding between the government and the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) over the suspended Urbanisation Law

Kwara PDP, in a statement issued by its Director of Publicity, Alhaji Mas'ud Adebimpe, accused the ACN of attempting to destabilise the government by manipulating the public using sensitive issues that have been amicably settled by the concerned parties. Referring specifically to the rumoured plan by the state government to sell the Yidi Praying Ground as well as the misunderstanding over implementation of Urbanisation Law of 2009, Adebimpe expressed shock that the ACN continues to exploit an issue which was caused by a communication gap between the government and the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) but has since been bridged.

"As a responsive government, the PDP administration in the state has met with leaders and agreed unequivocally that there is not and there has never been a plan by the state government to sell the Yidi Praying ground to any individual or group. The meeting also agreed that the dispute over the implementation of the Urbanization Act 2009 was due to a communication gap which has since been bridged. It is therefore mischievous and unpatriotic of the ACN and its cohorts in the opposition to heat the polity by scheming to unearth an issue that had been amicably resolved".

Stressing that incitement was against the tenets of the law, PDP warned those it described as "disgruntled elements who lack the capacity to add any value to governance in Kwara State" to desist from their reprehensible act or face the wrath of the law as the issue will be reported to the police for investigation if the opposition continues to ferment trouble in the state.

Stressing that opposition should be constructive and issue-based, Adebimpe stated that ACN was frustrated by its failure to gain a toe hold in Kwara politics and had resorted to seeking to destabilise the same state it seeks to govern. He added that the opposition party was behaving true to type having failed to incite workers against the state government during the Holy Month of Ramadan. For the avoidance of doubt", he emphasized, "as demonstrated by the meeting with its leadership at the highest level of government, the PDP administration respects the IEDPU, it's leadership, and indeed other credible associations in the state".

The PDP spokesman called on the people of Kwara State to ignore the ACN's antics and remain law abiding while sustaining their overwhelming support for the PDP-led administration of the Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed.