The Kwara State chapter of Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) says its members’ decision to defect from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is deliberate and without any coercion from the state government.
The ALGON, in a statement jointly signed by its Chairman and the Secretary, Joshua Omokanye and Abdullahi Abubakar-Bata, said the decision was collectively reached after exhaustive deliberation.
“The attention of ALGON has been drawn to a statement made by one pro-democracy group, named Kwara Solidarity & Integrity Forum , led by one Mr Kunle Usman, making spurious and bogus claims that Gov. AbdulRazaq is using instrument of state to coerce chairmen and other political office holders of local government areas to join the All Progressives Congress .
“KSIF, to us, is blindfolded, and therefore acting on false reports of how the governor is calling on all local government vice chairmen especially from Kwara south and central regions, telling them to officially decamp to APC. “We are at liberty to make our choice and we have done so. We have since quit PDP months ago and the leadership has since dissociated with us.
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