The brickbat between supporters of Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State and the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, continued on Monday in Ilorin as both engaged in a war of words over last Saturday’s LG congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
While the governor’s group recognised by the national leadership of the party described Lai’s supporters as jokers and mischief-makers, the minister’s faction alleged confusion on the part of its opponent.
Speaking with journalists in Ilorin on Tuesday, the chairman, caretaker committee of the APC in the state, Alhaji Abdullahi Samari, said “unlike the ward congress which involved all party members, the local congress was not an all-comers’ affair.
“It was strictly a delegates’ election in which only accredited delegates, including elected statutory delegates, are allowed to take part.
“Any group of persons which claimed to conduct anything contrary to this in Kwara State or anywhere else is just a bunch of jokers and mischief-makers who should never be taken seriously.”
But the factional legal adviser and treasurer, Barrister Mustapha Oladimeji and Tajudeen Mohammed respectively told Daily Trust that Samari and his group were entitled to their opinion, adding, however, that they appear to be confused.
