Kwara APC Faction Writes INEC For Withdrawal Of Candidates’ List

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A faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw its candidates’ list published last week.

The faction, led by
Ishola Balogun-Fulani in a letter to INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood
Yakubu through its counsel, Yusuf O. Ali & Co., and dated January
21, 2019, charged the commission to publish the names of the candidates
submitted in line with the judgment of Kwara State High Court.

This,
it said, is to sanitise the processes of publishing names of eligible
candidates “by restoring credibility to the commission in line with the
rule of law.”

In the letter, a copy of which was also sent to the
European Union (EU), the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability
Project (SERAP), APC expressed disappointment that INEC published
different names of candidates.

Specifically, it mentioned
Senatorial and House of Representatives candidates benefiting from the
Kwara State High Court judgment delivered in a suit, as candidates from
Kwara State against whose names ‘Court Order’ was written in INEC’s list
published on January 17, 2019.It also argued that what the commission
did by inserting ‘Court Order’ against the names of the candidates when
there is no court order to that effect was “criminal, fraudulent and
deceitful manipulation of facts.”

Meanwhile, Kwara APC
governorship campaign organisation yesterday insisted that the N70
billion memorandum of understanding (MOU) the state government signed
with Vasolar Consortium four years ago was a fraud, saying the firm does
not exist anywhere in the world.

“We have searched everywhere
and there’s nothing to suggest that this firm exists anywhere in the
world. A Google search of the firm’s name indicated that the Kwara State
Government sponsored the MoU in which the consortium was mentioned.

“Nothing
else can be found on this Consortium anywhere else in the world,” Rafiu
Ajakaye, spokesman of the campaign organisation, said in a statement.

But
in a swift reaction, Senior Special Assistant to Governor Abdulfatah
Ahmed, Muideen Akorede said, “There is nothing secret about the Vasolar
project. “Nothing about the project qualifies it as a scam. For the
benefit of the Abdulrahman Abdulrazak Campaign Organisation, an MoU is a
non-legally binding, but formal agreement between two parties.”

Source:- Theguardianng

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