Ilorin West candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the last local government election in the state, Comrade Musbaudeen Esinrogunjo has called on the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWSIEC) to conduct the by-election in Adewole ward to determine the rightful winner of the election.
Esinrogunjo who contested against the incumbent chairman of the council, Hajia Aminat Omodara, said this during a peaceful protest in Gaa-Aremu, Ilorin weekend and noted that it is illegal for her to continue in office despite the situation on ground.
Some of the messages on the placards include “KWSIEC give us our mandate”, “please conduct Adewole bye-election”, among others.
He called on the people, security agencies and stakeholders in state to prevail on the commission to do the needful and swear in the choice of the people.
The PDP candidate the difference in the votes that were counted between the ruling and opposition party were just one thousand while the Adewole ward had fifteen thousand.
He said: Today Nigerian youths especially Ilorin west have come to register our grievances against the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission. KWSIEC is being bias, we all know election took place in the state in November 2017 but it’s so sadden and pathetic that APC said it was leading the opposition PDP with one thousand votes and votes in Adewole Ward that was counselled were 15,335.
“The chairman in Ilorin west presently occupying that is post is illegal and nobody is talking. We are calling on all meaningful people in the state including the federal government and security agencies to prevail on KWSEIC to conduct the remaining election so that the person who the community voted for will take the mantle of leadership of the mantle.
“Today instead of 12, we have only 11 councillors in Ilorin west without our councillor in Adewole. All we are saying is that the position is being occupied illegally and their collecting the council allocation yearly.
“In the electoral law, bye elections are conducted within 2 weeks but this is now close to seven months and we are still here”, he added.
The PDP councillorship aspirants for the election, Hon Yakub Agodi also appealed to the state government and the commission to conclude the exercise.
