A prominent member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, Barrister Akogun Iyiola Oyedepo, has engaged in a war of words with the party’s electoral committee regarding the recently held primary elections for the upcoming local government elections across the state.
The two parties are at loggerheads over the conduct of the primaries, with Oyedepo expressing dissenting views and the electoral committee defending the process. The exchange of words highlights the tensions and disagreements within the party regarding the election process.
In a statement;
“Democracy Kwara Way,” Barrister Akogun said, “There is nothing inspiring about local government administration and elections in Kwara State. Everything is about fraud and impunity in the destruction of our values.
“When you think people in political office have exhausted all their tricks, they invent new ones. Perhaps they do not know the meaning of democracy, as they were never socialized into it. Their standard behavior is this ceaseless violation of democratic principles.
“Six years running, and government at the local level is run by the state. Where local councils are not governed by civil servants, they are run by the appointees of the governor. Whoever is in charge of Kwara Councils since 2019 is the man Friday of the Governor of Kwara.
“On assumption of office, the then existing elected council was illegally dissolved. The then KWASIEC was dissolved and the stage was well set for the pillage of the funds of the sixteen LGAs.”
