Emmanuel kehinde, Ilorin
A Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin has dismissed the suit seeking the nullification of all flag bearers for the various positions in the 2023 elections under the Social Democatic Party (SDP), in Kwara State.
According to the judgement handed down by the judge, Justice Muhammed Sanni, the suit was on internal activities of the party which the court lack jurisdiction to determine.
It would be recalled that Comrade Ibrahim Mabolaje filed before the court several reliefs praying court should declare election that produced the SDP candidates null.
Our Correspondent, reports that Mobolaji premised his reason on the claim that he was supposed to supervise the election process as acting chairman of the party.
It would be recalled that in April 2022 members of the All Progressives Congress APC faction in Kwara State loyal to the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, officially announced its defection from the All Progressives Congress to the Social Democratic Party, SDP in Kwara State.
Announcing the defection on behalf of the group at the party secretariat in Ilorin the Kwara South factional Senatorial Chairman Mr Rasaki Alabi the faction decided to leave the APC because of the inhuman treatment meted out to them by the national leadership party.
According to him “Since the last time we addressed you, unfolding events within the party have continued to give us great concern that necessitated the need for us to come out again to restate our position. Without a doubt, you are all witnesses to the inhuman treatment we have.
“Curiously after our official complaints to the National Appeal Committee on Registration headed by Mallam Adamu Farouq on the manner the exercise was conducted in the state, we were assured that there would be no party congresses in Kwara until another registration exercise was conducted.
“But regrettably this was not to be. With all the promises and assurances given, nothing concrete ever happened in view of the fact that justice itself demands that complainant in a dispute should not be deprived of the fruits of his/her complaints,” he said.
Alabi said that, it will be correct to suggest that the Kwara state governor Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq working in tandem with the former national caretaker committee chairman, Mallam Mai Mala Buni decided to edge them out of the party against their wish.
“And to matters worse, Senator Abdullai Adamu who once headed the party’s National Reconciliation Committee that denied us fair hearing but rather turned himself to Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq ‘solicitor and advocate is now the party’s national chairman.
“How then can we be hopeful of getting justice in this. circumstance? We do not think we have a future in this party any longer and it would be safer for us to look elsewhere where our democratic views and opinions would be respected,” he queried.
Alabi said since the national leadership of the party does not believe that they are politically relevant in the state despite their contributions to the victory of the party in 2019, they have no option than pitch their tent with another party that is in line with its vision.
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