Marginalisation claim: Kwara APC defends Buhari, blasts Baraje-led nPDP 

President Muhammadu Buhari in Kwara has disassociated itself from the 7-day ultimatum given to the president nPDP members of APC.

The ultimatum was issued last week by members of the new Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who defected to APC (nPDP) led by Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje.
But in a statement signed at the weekend by a group under auspices of the legacy faction of APC in Kwara state signed by the Chairman Hon. Olayemi Olabanji and Secretary, Alhaji Abdulganiyu Saka, dismissed all the grievances raised by Baraje-led faction.
“We appreciate the president’s efforts in re-positioning the economy of the country, as well as his anti-corruption campaign which has positioned him as a leader who has the interest of the masses at heart.
“Ironically, the Kawu Baraje’s faction of the APC is only crying wolf where there is none because in actual fact, they are the ones depriving genuine APC members their dues, and not the federal government.
“Since nPDP exodus from the PDP to the APC, Kwarans have not enjoyed the dividends of democracy in the state. The appointments have always been lopsided, and juicy positions are reserved only for people who are loyal to the existing status quo despite the fact that we all worked for the success of the APC in 2015.
While critivising Barahe group, rge legacy faction said “the three Senators from Kwara State and Saraki himself are his loyalists. Five out of the six House of Representatives members from the state were handpicked by Sen. Saraki.
“Furthermore, out of the 24 members of kwara state House of Assembly, only two are legacy members, the other 22 were hand-picked by Sen. Saraki and they are doing only his bidding in the house.
“To further exacerbate the issue, the State vabinet has been wholly Saraki loyalists. Just three days ago, the governor submitted a list of 19 new commissioners and all of them are Saraki loyalists. None for legacy, none even for independent-minded members of the so-called nPDP.”

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