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TEXT OF PRESS CONFERENCE ADDRESSED TODAY BY THE SUBSTANTIVE CHAIRMAN OF KWARA APC, HON BASHIR OMOLAJA BOLARINWA, ON COURT CASE BETWEEN ISHOLA BALOGUN FULANI AND APC

Gentlemen of the Press,

This press conference is called to allay the fears of members of APC, all Kwarans and indeed the World on the judgement of an Ilorin High Court delivered yesterday, Wednesday, 19th December, 2018 by Justice T.S. Umar.

It is no news that following the emergence of parallel Executive Committees of APC in Kwara State and open anti party activities of the factional group led by Senator Bukola Saraki’s moles and paid agents under its factional Chairman called Ishola Balogun Fulani, the National Working Committee of our great party, APC as allowed by its constitution dissolved the Kwara State Executive Committee of all factions on 30th July, 2018 and accordingly constituted a Care taker committee to run the affairs of the party in the interim. Within a period of three months a new set Executives Committees of the party were put in place at the Ward, Local and State Government levels.

It is also no news that while Ishola Balogun Fulani continued to lay claim to the Chairmanship of APC in several for a and Radio programs, he did not hide the fact that he and his group of moles are with and working for the disgruntled Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki.

It is also on record that Ishola Balogun Fulani, being sponsored and funded by Senator Bukola Saraki, initiated court case with suit No KWS/292/2018 seeking that the court should impose him and his cohorts of moles as the Executives of APC in the State until the year 2022.

Since the commencement of the case in July 2018, Ishola Balogun Fulani and his cohorts have always boasted to whoever cared to listen that the Kwara State Judiciary is in the pocket and full grip and control of their leader, sponsor, mentor, financier and sustainer Senator Bukola Saraki and regardless of the lack of merit of their case, they would be awarded judgement by the court more especially as long as the case is heard by Justice T.S. Umar.

As believers in the rule of law and the ability of judiciary in dispensing justice without fear of favour and in the best tradition of incorruptible judiciary, we refused to take their boisterous attitude and utterances as mere psychological ego massaging. Alas, the developments that culminated in the judgement and the conduct of Justice T.S. Umar in the course of trial have proved to us that our absolute beliefs in the impartiality and absolute integrity of every judicial officer is grossly misplaced in the instance case.

I wish to intimate you all that every conduct of Justice T.S. Umar that made the judgement no news have been documented and forwarded by our lawyers to the Chief Justice of Nigeria as the Chairman of the National Judicial Council and copied to the Chief Judge of the State.
It is therefore not surprising that since Friday, when the case was adjourned to Wednesday for Judgment, Ishola Balogun Fulani and his cohorts and their sponsors have been assuring their fellow PDPD members that by Wednesday, this week, their aim to weaken the train of change in Kwara will start to materialize as judgement in their favour is a foregone deal and conclusion. In fact in their fertile imagination and day dreaming capacity, they expected that the judgement will enable them to interfere with the list and names of APC candidates in Kwara State.

Let me state that the law is clear on party primaries set for election of candidates and no procured judgement of any High court can change the established position as stated and restated by the apex court in Nigeria. So therefore, all our 24 State Assembly, 6 House of Representatives, 3 Senatorial, Governorship and Presidential Candidates elected at the Primaries conducted by the National Working Committee in line with Article 13.4 (v) and (xiv) of the constitution of the party remains the authentic candidate that will fly the APC’s flag at the 2019 general elections.

While it is possible for a tyrannical ruler to appoint an Imam, it is beyond him to force people to pray in congregation behind such an imposed Imam.
No judgement of any court can stand in the way of judgement of God. No judgement can halt the moving train of change in Kwara as those who stand in the way of a moving train must know the likely consequences. The impending change in Kwara is God at work as “O To Ge” is a divine vehicle which no human contraption and judgement can halt how much more of truncating.

While our belief in the impartiality and integrity of our judges is not in any way diminished by the conduct of one man, and as believers in the Rule of Law we have appealed to remain calm and not be distracted by a judgment that is already dead on arrival.

Kwarans should be rest assured and should not lose sleep over the antics and shenanigans of moles and paid agents as well as that of their sponsors and collaborators wherever they may be, APC as presently constituted in Kwara State and all our candidates led by the captain of “O To Ge”, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazak, will not only lead but rescue Kwara and Kwarans from the claws and jaws of impostors who see and treat Kwara and its people the way cows sees and treats grasses.

Finally, I implore our army of change to go out and continue the decimation of the membership of vicious and wicked government and party by gaining more converts as APC is experiencing in the state. While moles and paid agents and their sponsors continue to parade the corridors of courts looking for magic and the impossibilities, APC and the change train will concentrate on gaining converts.

Let me use this opportunity to once again remind our people that your PVC is your AK 47 and your finger is your bullet to “assassinate” and “bury” bad leadership and government in Kwara which has held down the State for Years. Do not give or release your PVC to PDP paid agents and or any person less they clone it and make you unable to vote at the elections. When and if they come, reject them for they are nothing but devils and evils. Do not fight but wait patiently for February and March 2019 when you will cast your vote for APC and protect same to make your vote count.

If they place any call to your phone line to ask you for what you need, tell them “O To Geeeeeee” what you need is good governance and not stolen and blood money.

I thank you all for your attention.

Long live genuine members of Kwara APC
Long live Kwara State
Long live Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Hon. Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa
Kwara APC State Chairman
20th December, 2018

Ok over to the guy behind me. Let hear from him

O" To Geeeee" no going back!

Hmm,
Hope they have appealed the case sha, all i read here is boosting and allegations which are not known to law

Lets wait for appeal/supreme Court's verdict.
O to geee!

sincerlyyo:
Hmm,
Hope they have appealed the case sha, all i read here is boosting and allegations which are not known to law

I read patiently in search of any report of appeal. But none.

All these spurious allegations will definitely not help their case.
But, as expected, let's hope they're wise.

So much intraparty power tussle within a party.

They should appeal the case to higher courts and stop making noise.

Although to me, and unlike the case in Zamfara and Rivers, the initial judgement in this case seem strange. Or maybe it is me not "understanding" the legal issues here