Kwara LG election: New chairmen, councillors not duly elected, lack legitimacy – Saraki

• He described the result of the election as shameful, saying those announced as winner of the council poll are not elected by the people.

Former President of the Senate Bukola Saraki has expressed his revulsion at the conduct and outcome of the local government election held in Kwara State last weekend.

He described the result of the election as shameful, saying those announced as winner of the council poll are not elected by the people.

Recall that the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission, KWSIEC, had declared the candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the winners of the local government elections held yesterday in the state.

The chairman of the KWSIEC, Baba Okanla, who announced the results, said APC won all 16 local government area chairmanship positions and secured all 193 councillorship seats.

Reacting to the development, Saraki said those declared winner of the chairmanship and councillorship election are not duly elected by the people.

In a post on his X handle on Wednesday, Saraki stated that the state now has chairmen and councillors who would be in office without legitimacy and people’s mandate

He, however, noted that the people have sent a clear message to the state government that it has not made any significant, positive impact on their lives after 64 months in office.

The ex-governor disclosed that the people mobilised themselves to the polling units for Saturday’s local government election but met the absence of electoral officials and shoddy preparations by the electoral body.

He, therefore, hailed the people for standing firm against what he described as deliberately concocted frustrations.

“Last Saturday, in a manner that went beyond partisan consideration and gave expression to the protection of community interests, people from Kwara mobilised themselves to the polling units and met the absence of electoral officials and shoddy preparations by the electoral body.

“Whatever results the electoral body eventually declared, our people have sent a clear signal to a government that has not made any significant, positive impact on their lives after 64 months in office. It is a shame that the 16 local government areas now have chairmen and councillors who would be in office without legitimacy and people’s mandate,” he said.