Kwara State Governor, Alhaji
Abdulfatah Ahmed, on Thursday said linking him and the Senate President, Bukola
Saraki, to the April 5 bank robberies in Offa was one of the reasons they both
decided to dump the ruling All Progressives Congress for the Peoples Democratic
Party.
The governor accused the Federal
Government, being led by President Muhammadu Buhari, of engaging in political
persecution and victimisation of the party’s leadership in Kwara.
Ahmed spoke when some women and
youths, under the auspices of Kwara Agenda, staged a solidarity rally around
major roads in the state on Thursday.
The governor, who received the
supporters at the gate of the Government House, said his and Saraki’s defection
from the APC was part of the agenda to develop and move Kwara State forward.
He accused some party leaders of
nursing private and personal agenda.
Ahmed said, “Most of the
political appointments at the federal level were done without any input or
consideration from the state party stakeholders and in flagrant neglect of
established principles of Federal Character.
“The problem became compounded
with ceaseless litigations and harassment of me and the Senate President with
the insinuation of complicity in the condemnable Offa robberies.
“The Government House is the seat
of government of the people, and the people have come here to tell us their
views on what they want us to do. I want to assure you, like I have always
said, your voice is our voice.
“On our part, we will continue
within the timeframe left to increase our support for the government business
by delivering goods and services to the people in infrastructure, health and in
the economy.
“We will also ensure that we have
a very comfortable and convenient political environment so that the aspirations
of everybody will be encapsulated in this, so that Kwara will continue to be
great under our leadership.
“I want to assure you that your
message is well received and it is part of the agenda with which we want to
move Kwara forward.”
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