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Ahead of the September 21 Local Government Elections in Kwara State, the Concerned All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oke-ero has alleged imposition of candidate by stakeholders within the state chapter of the party.
The group alleged that these elements are backing their preferred aspirant to emerge as the consensus candidate in Oke-ero at all costs.
This endorsement, the group claims, disregards the democratic process and traditions of the communities that constitute the LGA.
In a statement by its spokesperson, Mr Olarewaju Afolabi, the group noted that such a forceful imposition on the people of Oke-ero is an aberration, thoughtless, and an affront, adding that Oke-ero has an age-long arrangement of how their chairmanship candidate usually emerges.
The group said that the move against the people of Oke-ero and the selection of who leads them at the council is a display of arrogance and devilish desires to control the politics of Oke-ero by all means.
According to the group, these individuals want to put the cat before the horse in Oke-ero by leaving the community with 3 polling units to pick a candidate from the community with 1 polling unit.
“It will be an aberration to reward the community that voted against APC in the 2019 and 2023 elections at the expense of the community that voted massively for APC.
The group stated that any attempt to return Oke-ero to the PDP would be vehemently resisted, adding that the avoidance of the imposition of candidates on the party is a key ingredient of internal democracy.
“Anything short of this is a total detour from democratic norms and principles.”
The group said there was a need for a revolutionary move to force those so-called stakeholders to know how to adopt an equilibrium model of political recruitment whenever faced with competition from political talents.
“The Oke-ero APC progressives demand a return to democratic processes and a rejection of candidate impositions to preserve the political integrity of their LGA.”
