Group wants senator recalled for kneeling before Saraki
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| Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki |
Members of the Kwara South Unity Forum in Kwara
State have initiated a recall process against the senator representing the
Kwara South Senatorial District, Dr. Rafiu Ibrahim.
According to a photocopy of the acknowledged copy
of the petition, made available to journalists in Ilorin, the Kwara State
capital, on Sunday, the petition had been sent to the Independent National
Electoral Commission and the office of the President of the Senate.
The letter, dated November 13, was received and
acknowledged at INEC on November 14 and the office of the President of the
Senate on November 17.
The public notification of the recall process
however did not come without a drama.
While the group was about addressing journalists
at Ofa on the recall process, hoodlums and thugs stormed the venue and
disrupted the media briefing.
The General Secretary of the Kwara South Unity
Forum, Mr. Ahmed Akorede, alleged that the invaders also made away with some
valuables, adding that members of the group had been receiving threat messages,
for discharging their “human right and constitutional” responsibility.
The President of the group, Mr. John Adegboye,
while addressing journalists during a media briefing at Ijagbo in the Oyun
Local Government Area of Kwara State, alleged poor representation by Ibrahim.
He also accused Ibrahim of disregarding members
and elders of the senatorial district while taking directives from external
personalities.
He further alleged that issues, critical to the
growth and development of Kwara South, were allegedly being openly disregarded
and dismissed by the senator.
Adegboroye also accused Ibrahim of abusing their
democratic rights and intelligence and was not sufficiently addressing human
capital development in the area.
He stated, “A situation whereby, a man we voted
for, now comes out openly and with audacity, to state that he needs to consult
‘his boss’, who isn’t even from Kwara South, is nothing but a violation of our
human and democratic rights.”
Adegboye said it was wrong for Ibrahim to kneel
before the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki.
According to him, the Senate is a gathering of
equals while the President of the Senate is simply the first among equals.
Punch
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