Our Kinsman Won APC Reps’ Primary, Moro Stakeholders Insist

Indigenes of Moro local government area of Kwara State under the auspices of All Progressives Congress (APC) have demanded a review of the results of the party’s primary election for the House of Representatives which they claimed was won by their kinsman with over 20,400 votes.

They alleged that the name of the person announced as the winner of the primary election by the leadership of the party came a distant eight position.

The indigenes alleged that the local government had for long suffered marginalisation in zoning arrangement of elective offices and political appointments, saying that the recent House of Representatives primary of the party should not add to the plights of the people of the local government.

Addressing a world press conference at the APC Kwara North Senatorial Office in Oyun, Moro local government, spokesman of the group, Alh Mustapha Kabir ( Waziri Malete), urged the party’s leadership to reverse what he described as an injustice by restoring the House of Representatives mandate won by a Moro aspirant during the party’s primary election.

The text of the press conference was jointly signed by Mustapha Kabir, (Omo Nma), former chairman of Moro local government, Alh Tunde Yusuf, former special adviser to the governor, Hajia Aisat Issa, former supervisor, Elder James Ajao; and former member of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Hon. Emmanuel Bello.

Kabor lamented that within the Edu/Moro/Patigi Federal Constituency, Edu and Patigi had produced members of the House of Representatives for 16 and 12 years respectively since 1999, while Moro had been excluded throughout the period.

He added that Moro remained the only local government in Kwara north that had never produced a senator since Nigeria’s returned to democratic rule in 1999, despite its contributions to the political development of the district.

He contended that by 2027, Kaiama, Baruten and Edu local governments would each have produced senators for eight years, while Patigi would have occupied the seat for four years.

According to him , Moro has also not produced the speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, a minister or a federal board chairman whenever such positions were allocated to Kwara north.

He expressed disappointment over the outcome of the APC House of Representatives primary election, claiming that a Moro aspirant who secured over 20,400 votes emerged victorious in the exercise monitored by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), but was allegedly replaced with another aspirant from Edu local government who scored 157 votes and was eventually declared the party’s candidate for the 2027 general election.