2023: Kwara APC deeply fragmented to clearly win government elections
A prominent leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kwara State, Lasisi Ayinla Kolawole Jimoh, has said the state's ruling APC government is too fragmented to win re-election in 2023 for its presidential candidate. post of governor.
In a conversation with DAILY POST in Ilorin on Wednesday, the former statesman blamed the party's fragmentation on the crisis that hit the party shortly after his victory in the 2019 gubernatorial elections in the region with outgoing governor Abdulrahaman Abdulrazaq outgoing winner.
He described the development as worrying and a big problem that could be addressed with sincerity by management.
Jimoh said that four aggrieved former members of the APC are now running for governor on different political party platforms, "this is a big disadvantage for the APC, knowing full well that they have tremendous supporters in the state.
The four aggrieved former party members who are now contesting the gubernatorial election on different platforms include Yaman Shuaib Abdullahi of PDP, Professor Shuaib Oba Abdulraheem of NNPP, Waziri Yakubu Gobir of YPP and Hakeem Lawal, from the SDP.
Jimoh, a former gubernatorial candidate of the defunct Nigerian People's Party, NPP, said the four aggrieved members were playing a leading role and working very hard to secure the party's victory in the 2019 elections, but that they were frustrated with the party.
The lawyer for 'Oto ge' said their defection to other parties had seriously exhausted the APC, with serious implications for the APC in power in the state in 2023.
"The net loser is the APC, the party is losing weight, none of them bring anything to the APC now, today they are against themselves," he said. -he noted.
Jimoh, however, suggested that the way forward is for all aggrieved members to “swallow their pride for the greater good of the party and the state,” adding “you can stoop to conquer.”< /p>
A prominent leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kwara State, Lasisi Ayinla Kolawole Jimoh, has said the state's ruling APC government is too fragmented to win re-election in 2023 for its presidential candidate. post of governor.
In a conversation with DAILY POST in Ilorin on Wednesday, the former statesman blamed the party's fragmentation on the crisis that hit the party shortly after his victory in the 2019 gubernatorial elections in the region with outgoing governor Abdulrahaman Abdulrazaq outgoing winner.
He described the development as worrying and a big problem that could be addressed with sincerity by management.
Jimoh said that four aggrieved former members of the APC are now running for governor on different political party platforms, "this is a big disadvantage for the APC, knowing full well that they have tremendous supporters in the state.
The four aggrieved former party members who are now contesting the gubernatorial election on different platforms include Yaman Shuaib Abdullahi of PDP, Professor Shuaib Oba Abdulraheem of NNPP, Waziri Yakubu Gobir of YPP and Hakeem Lawal, from the SDP.
Jimoh, a former gubernatorial candidate of the defunct Nigerian People's Party, NPP, said the four aggrieved members were playing a leading role and working very hard to secure the party's victory in the 2019 elections, but that they were frustrated with the party.
The lawyer for 'Oto ge' said their defection to other parties had seriously exhausted the APC, with serious implications for the APC in power in the state in 2023.
"The net loser is the APC, the party is losing weight, none of them bring anything to the APC now, today they are against themselves," he said. -he noted.
Jimoh, however, suggested that the way forward is for all aggrieved members to “swallow their pride for the greater good of the party and the state,” adding “you can stoop to conquer.”< /p>
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