By Umar Bayo Abdulwahab
Ilorin
The Freedom Group in Kwara state, under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara state, has rejected the purported overtures of Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed to return to the party.
Rising from its 6th consultative meeting at Iwo Isin, Kwara state, the group said the intention of the governor and his godfather, Dr Bukola Saraki, was to destabilise the PDP and neutralise any opposition to the APC in the coming elections.
In a five-point resolution, the group said it had “uncovered a grand conspiracy to perpetuate the hegemony of Saraki in Kwara politics by fielding Alhaji Ahmed in PDP and Alhaji Kawu Baraje in APC. We can see through this subterfuge and we ask the PDP National Working Committee to distance itself from these ungrateful and greedy politicians.”
The group also urged President Goodluck Jonathan to appoint a new minister from Kwara state to enable the party work in cohesion for the success of PDP in the 2015 general elections.
It re-affirmed its support for the new state PDP executive committee and urged INEC to embark on massive voter education ahead of its plan to issue permanent voters cards and delineate new polling units
It urged its members to shun attempt by politicians to influence them with Greek gifts in other to buy their conscience.
The group said it would mark this year’s Democracy Day on May 29, with a symposium to sensitise the people of Kwara state on the imperatives of good governance and participatory democracy.
