Postponement of elections unfortunate – Abdulrazaq

The All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate in Kwara state, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, said he was shocked with the news of sudden postponement of the presidential and National Assembly elections which were earlier scheduled for Saturday.

According to him, “The development is quite unfortunate but we should give INEC the benefit of doubt that the decision is informed by the necessity to ensure free fair and credible elections. Given emerging reports of some underhand steps to undermine the process by some desperate political actors, the electoral body now has a higher task to keep public trust in it to deliver unassailable elections.

“In Kwara, we are concerned that the last few days have seen the discredited dynasty trying to undermine the electoral process through violence, vote buying measures and attempts to impersonate the security agencies. We are closely monitoring these unlawful acts and commend the response of security agencies thereto.

“We call for calm and urge the people of Kwara to be vigilant. Suspicious movement of persons or vehicles should be reported to the police and other security agencies. Finally, as stakeholders in Kwara, we will continue to play by the rules and support all measures by the INEC to conduct credible election at the next dates.

“We appeal to all our teeming voters, some of whom travelled from long distances to vote in Kwara, not to be discouraged but be re-energized to return to vote on Saturday. We also appreciate the sacrifice and effort of all Ad-hoc staff and security personnel already deployed to the field. It is a civic duty to support the democratic process in producing a government that will uphold public good and public safety as we have pledged.”