The Kwara South Senatorial District of the All Progressives Congress says it has begun necessary processes to recall the representative of the District in the National Assembly, Senator Simeon Ajibola, for poor representation.
The District rather passed a vote of confidence on the leadership of Senator Bukola Saraki and the state Governor, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed.
The stakeholders in a statement jointly signed by its Chairman, Alhaji S.O. Yusuf, and Secretary, Prince Yemi Afolayan, noted that Ajibola in the last 10 years of representing the district in the Senate remained a bench warmer.
The statement said: “He was rightly listed in the dishonourable class of representatives who merely warmed the seats, adding no value whatsoever to the quality of debates at the hallowed chamber.
“The stakeholders therefore resolved that it would be in the best interest of the district to commence the necessary processes to recall the non performing Senator Ajibola from the Senate. This action is already begun pursuant to Section 69 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).”
The statement, which explained that the APC stakeholders comprise elected council chairmen, local government party chairmen, 10 state assembly members from the party, the House of Representatives members from the district, state and senatorial officers of the party and political appointees, also accused Ajibola of ingratitude to the electorate and the party leadership.
According to the stakeholders: “It was with dismay and outright condemnation however that the stakeholders viewed the rebellious attitude of the Senator representing the district at the senate of the federal republic, Senator S.S. Ajibola who did not stop at not defecting with his people to APC but has also been going all over the place to disparage the fingers that fed and fattened him to be a senator for the last ten years.”
The group also affirmed that Senator Ajibola was on his own and not representing the people of Kwara South Senatorial District as all the seven local government chairmen, 84 councillors and 10 state assembly legislators from the district have defected to the APC.
The stakeholders recalled that the usual practice was for political representatives of the people to declare political intentions based on outcome of consultations with stakeholders in their constituencies, but Ajibola was not in touch with the people of the area.
The APC stakeholders commended the leader of the APC in the state, Senator Bukola Saraki, and the administration of Governor Ahmed for what it calls “their steadfastness in pursing relentlessly a well focused developmental agenda for Kwara State”.
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