Group demands recall of Kwara senator

A group, the Kwara South Unity Forum,  has instituted a recall process against the senator representing Kwara South  District, Rafiu Ibrahim.

The group said it has dispatched letters to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the National Assembly on the recall.

The forum said its decision was due to the under performance and poor representation of the Kwara South senatorial district under Senator Ibrahim.

Addressing reporters in Ijagbo,  Oyun local government area,  its President Comrade John Adegboye said: “The current system of representation we are experiencing under Senator Ibrahim is archaic, demeaning, dehumanizing  and also unacceptable. We are no longer under the precolonial dispensation where there is indirect rule.

“We the proof Kwara South are appalled by the fact that a man whom we unanimously elected as a senator to represent us in the 8th Assembly, has now openly declared that he has ‘boss’ other than we the good people of Kwara  South, that he takes directives from us.

“We make bold to call your attention to the physical implications of this show of subservience. In almost three years, where are the federal projects the senator has attracted to the district?”

Adegboye said the senator has continued to dismiss “our elders and insult our common patrimony by telling that he must consult with his boss.

“It is therefore, under these circus that the good people of the Kwara South today decide to intimate the generality of Nigerians about our intention to recall him.”

Reacting to the group’s intention, the National Association of Students, the state branch,  National Association of Kwara state students (NAKSS) passed confidence vote on the senator.

Also speaking with reporters in Ajase-Ipo, Irepodun locally government area, NANS leader, Comrade Abdulkadir Aliyu said the senator is a man of the people and father of Nigerian students in the constituency.

Aliyu said that his leadership qualities and open door policy had endeared him to the students.

He said this can be attested to by the construction of relaxation centre to University of Ilorin students,  students empowerment scheme, renovation of Offa Township Hall,  free SSCE and JAMB registration. Others are sponsorship of students programmes, scholarships, free vocational training.

“Without iota of doubt, we are convinced that his leadership deserves a great applause,” he added.

In his reaction, former transition implementation chair,  Irepodun local government Kashim Adekeye described the plan recall as a cheap talk.

Adekeye added that “anybody can decide to say what he likes.

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