PHOTO: Kwara PDP Youths Protest Over Saraki’s Dominance
By Alabidun Shuaib Abdulrahman
On Friday, October 1, some disgruntled People’s Democratic Party (PDP) members demonstrated in Ilorin, the state capital of Kwara.
The demonstrators, who came from 193 wards across the state, denounced the move to acknowledge the Saraki group’s factional congress ahead of their own, which is the legitimate ward congress.
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The group stated in a statement released after its press conference that it is separating itself from the impunity that has been the standard in the Saraki political family, which it added, the party provided refuge for safety in 2019, and the painful wounds they still bear.
“The attempts to turn the landlords to tenants in their own house is not only misdirected but to be resisted through all means permissible by the laws of our Party and those of the land,” the statement read.
They blamed the recent woes befalling the party on the inordinate ambitions of a clique working against the interest of majority of the Party members across the 193 wards, stressing that the party cannot watch such people preside over another full blown electoral humiliation again.
“We stand by the outcomes of the ward congress freely held across the 193 wards by the members of our Party.
“We reject the kangaroo arrangements called a factional congress by the Saraki tendency as we urge the National Secretariat of our Party to give primacy to the survival of our Party ahead of individual’s interest.
“We commend our members for their resolute position to defend our Party and avoid its final burial by those elements bent on imposing their will to the detriment of the majority”.
