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In this report, BIOLA AZEEZ brings details of the intense power tussle among the All Progressives Congress (APC) top shots in Kwara State.
A number of observers in Kwara State are divided on what has culminated in the ongoing friction in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. The recent scenario in the political landscape of the state, especially among leaders and members of the party showed a subtle but yet a fierce struggle for control of the soul of the party. While some have jumped into such conclusions as linking the recent situation to the scramble and struggle for 2023 general election vis-a-vis second term of the incumbent governor, others are of the view that it has always been there and not unconnected to the determination between two groups of politicians that see the need to attract sustainable development to the state and those who want to use political offices for personal relevance and gains. However, there are worries that a situation where p
Jan 18, 2021
Ekiti State governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi (left), with former governor of Osun State, Chief Bisi Akande, when the governor visited Chief Akande to felicitate him on his 82nd birthday, at his Ila Orangun country home. FILE PHOTO
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ONE week to the takeoff of its membership revalidation and registration exercise, there is rising tension in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) because of frantic bid by major stakeholders to hijack the party structures.
Reports from Kaduna, Bauchi, Adamawa, Kwara and a number of other state chapters revealed bitter rancour and resistance among different power blocs and party chieftains to control the machinery of the APC .
By Hammed Shittu in Ilorin.
A group, Concerned All Progressives Congress Youth Stakeholders, in Kwara state Thursday threatened to disrupt the forthcoming party membership registration exercise if what it called the illegal removal of Hon.Bashr Omolaja Bolarinwa as chairman of the caretaker commitee of the party was not reversed with immediate effect.
The APC youths, who described the purported removal as illegal and undemocratic, called on the national caretaker committee of the party, led by Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe state, to rescind the decision in the interest of the party in the state.
Bolarinwa was removed from office by the national caretaker committee and replaced by his deputy, Alhaji Samari Abdullahi.