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A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Saliu Mustapha, has blamed the lies of the political elites for the worsening security situation in the country.
Mr Mustapha, who was the deputy national chairperson of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), said this at a book launch in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, on Monday.
The book titled “Twenty-One political lies in Nigeria” was written by Iyiola Oyedepo, a former commissioner and lawmaker in the state.
Representatives of the Governor of Kwara State, Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq, and the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, were among prominent political office holders who attended the event.
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Comrade John Adegboye is a spokesperson for the Concerned All Progressives Congress (APC) Youth Stakeholders in Kwara State. He speaks with BIOLA AZEEZ on current happenings in the party. Excerpts:
WHAT is really the grouse of your group with the APC-controlled state government?
Some people are basking in the euphoria of having administrative power in their hands. They have decided to subvert and oppress intra party democracy. We are all aware of how, in a Machavelian manner, never known to us in Nigeria, intra-party politics and constitution of a political party are being violated in a way we didn’t meet with our founding fathers. Most of us in the party, especially, in this group, our names have been given to security agencies for offences we don’t even know anything about and we’re billed to be arrested just because of party registration and revalidation exercise. We say it that among the four tendencies that make up the party, one is domineering others.