November 23, 2018Lois Ugbede
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned moves by the senate to investigate the situation surrounding the recent Kwara State by-election.

The party, in a statement on Friday by its publicity secretary, Lanre Issa-Onilu said this is an abuse of power, as the senate is not an election tribunal.

The senate on Wednesday directed its Committee on Police Affairs to investigate the alleged harassment, intimidation and molestation by security, before, during and after the Kwara House of Representatives by-election, last Saturday.

This directive came after the senator representing Kwara South Senatorial District, Rafiu Ibrahim, drew the senate’s attention to the roles allegedly played by the police in the poll.

According to Mr Ibrahim, “The harassment, intimidation, and arrest of prominent members of the People’s Democratic Party before, during and after the election created tension and fears in the minds of the electorate.

“Majority of the eligible voters decided to stay away when the harassment was too much. That is why only about 40, 000 out of the over 168, 000 registered voters, participated in the election.”

The senate president, Bukola Saraki, in reaction to this, gave the directive, noting that it is the responsibility of the senate to ensure the electorate is not harassed and intimidated before, during and after the next year’s general election.

“Any attempt to involve the police actively in elections is an invitation to anarchy and violence,” he said.

The APC who won the election, however, questioned this move as it believes the investigation was to focus on how the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) lost the election, since it is the home town of the senate president.

“The questionable decision by the senate to “investigate” the circumstances leading to the People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) loss in last Saturday’s House of Representatives’ by-election in Kwara State must be seen for what it is – an abuse of the powers of the legislative arm of government to pursue selfish political ends.

“While the All Progressives Congress (APC) condemns this curious Senate investigation of the by-election which took place in the home state of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, we also find it curious that other by-election conducted in Katsina and Bauchi States have not received similar attention from the Senate.”

The APC said it is clear that the “the sweet victory” by its House of Representatives candidate, Raheem Olawuyi-Ajuloopin, has hit the “overrated” federal lawmakers from Kwara State, badly.

According to the statement, the PDP is not pretending to have learnt any lessons from its past anti-democratic practices and those occupying the Senate leadership seat have no other intentions other than to manipulate state institutions in pursuit of personal interests and massage battered ego.

“When has it become the responsibility of the legislative arm of government to constitute itself into an election tribunal?” The party questioned.

“Turning the Senate into an electoral tribunal only shows Nigerians that the PDP has not changed from its odious practice of compromising the system to promote illusionary ambitions.”

The party believes Kwara State and the rest of the country has seen enough of impunity and misrule represented by the “self-serving” leaders of the PDP.

The APC therefore advised leaders of PDP in Kwara State and elsewhere in the country to get used to losing elections as the Nigerian electorate have tasted the benefits of good governance in the last three and half years of the Muhammadu Buhari-led APC government and would not go back to PDP’s 16 years of waste and misrule.

“Elections have been won and lost. A new and progressive Kwara State beckons.

“Through their votes, the Kwara electorate have spoken clearly on the new political direction in the State. Kwara State has suffered enough of the selfish machinations of a self-appointed leader.

The will and wishes of the good people of the state must prevail now, in the 2019 elections and beyond.”

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/north-central/297198-senate-probe-of-kwara-by-election-abuse-of-power-apc.html

Saraki get right ohh to abuse his power for Kwara.........just like Lai Lie has been doing,

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WHY ARE YOU WEEPING LIKE A BABY SARAKI. ITS OBVIOUS YOU'VE NEVER WON ANY ELECTION IN KWARA STATE. KARMA NA BITCH

Truth be told

Ghen! Ghen!! The truth is about to come out

Apc is synonymous to violence

PDP and the Senate seem not to understand their role in democracy.

I wonder why the Senate has been quiet about all this irregularities

They need to do something about it

This sound ridiculous sincerely. The legislative arm of govt is a body saddled with the responsibility of making laws, supervising the activities of the executive arm of govt and approving budget. I have never seen any where in the world where legislative arm of govt perform the function of the electoral tribunal. This clearly depicts that Saraki as the senate president lacks direction and its also obvious that he wants to use the senate to play politics. What a shameful act.

Wow

Yesooooooo right way to go , let we all stand against this tyrannical administration in this modern democracy.
Oya BMC zombies make una come Waile jare.

It is what is usually expected: another waste of time and resources on futile efforts that would at best end in series of court cases. Nothing would change, really.

Someone is scared.

Saraki is feeling the heat

OLUWOLEYINKA:
WHY ARE YOU WEEPING LIKE A BABY SARAKI. ITS OBVIOUS YOU'VE NEVER WON ANY ELECTION IN KWARA STATE. KARMA NA BITCH

Is not weeping, the Senate is just idle, if they are not the wont be pursuing something that will not yield result.

rusher14:
PDP and the Senate seem not to understand their role in democracy.

true

why only kwara

Saraki can't bliv his eyes !!!

Saraki still finds it hard to believe he is politically dead in Kwara

He is now irrelevant in Kwara like Obasanjo in Ogun state politics

but ekiti and osun gubernatorial election was conducted and there is nothing of such.. chai... this country is so unpredictable

Until the dullard successfully rig 2019 election and they start going around circles before they know abi

And I wonder why they allow INEC stop voters registration when it's obvious not everyone one was captured.

Senate wake up!

Saraki wan die put for the matter

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Of course, the Yoruba apc scums will congregate here deceiving themselves..

They will avoid threads affecting real Nigerians,and rather come to threads like this, spread poison and deceive the gullible here.

Sunofgod:
Saraki get right ohh to abuse his power for Kwara.........just like Lai Lie has been doing,

It's the end of the road for him.Nigerias senate is useless at the moment

Politics has now become the biggest business in Nigeria yet no development of any kind. What a shame that we find ourselves in the hands of greedy and selfish people.

#I shake my head#

Saraki couldn't believe the humiliation he got on that Saturday. Lol

Saraki is a bastard

NessaBoo:
Saraki couldn't believe the humiliation he got on that Saturday. Lol

See boobi

Even if they vote again tomorrow APC will still win, you don't know how much people are tired of Saraki here

Like they aren't the same people...

e pain some party wella oo