Kwara people liberated, Feb 23rd – Minister

Tom Okpe, Abuja The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that the people of Kwara State were liberated on the 23 February and that date will be observed yearly as “Day of Liberation” under an All Progressives Congress (APC) administration. The Minister in a press statement on Monday urged the incoming Governor of the state to, immediately after being sworn-in on 29 May 2019 declare Feb. 23rd (the date of the 2019 Presidential and National Assembly elections) of every year as the ‘Day of Liberation’ for Kwara State’. He thanked God and the people of Kwara for the ‘clean sweep’ which the party achieved in last Saturday’s elections in the state saying, “the party won the match against the PDP 10-0, 1-0 for President, 3-0 for Senate and 6-0 for House of Representatives. ”With the outcome of last Saturday’s elections, I can now conveniently say that Kwarà is free; Free from a choking and pauperizing political hegemony of a self-imposed dynasty! Never again will Kwarans be treated like slaves in their own land. Enough is enough”, he said He noted that no single individual deserves credit for the APC’s massive victory in the elections, adding that the credit goes to the good people of Kwara. He also said that with the APC’s victory in last Saturday’s elections, the ‘Berlin Wall’ of Kwara politics has cracked further, and will finally crumble on March 9th, when the state votes in a new Governor and members of the State House of Assembly. “Saturday’s election in the state was free, fair and peaceful, saying; ”Let me put on the record that the victory in Kwara was achieved in the sweetest way – The election was conducted in an atmosphere of peace and security. Not a single shot was fired throughout Kwara. No one snatched ballot box. it was an atmosphere of conviviality. It was a sharp departure from what used to be in the state”. He thanked all the APC members and supporters across the state, as well as all the leaders of the party at all levels The Minister, however, enjoined them to return to the drawing board in order to correct whatever lapses they may have noticed in last Saturday’s election, with a view to voting massively for the party’s Governorship and House of Assembly candidates.