Kwara APC wants electoral body to shift LG election date

Kayode Olawepo, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, has
called on the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission to shift
the date for the local government election in the state.
Olawepo, who made the call on Friday while speaking with the News
Agency of Nigeria in Ilorin, the state capital, said the call became
necessary to enable the new party to take part in the poll.
He said no member of the new party had collected the party’s card,
adding that nobody could contest election without party membership
card.
He said: “We are going to contest the coming local government election
under the banner of the APC.
“KWSIEC has no choice than to shift the election date and adjust its
timetable to accommodate us in its programmes.
“It is obvious that there is no alternative than to accommodate the APC.
“They cannot disenfranchise the whole opposition and they cannot say
there is no opposition in the state.”
Olawepo maintained that the APC as an opposition party did not
subscribe to the October 26 date for the local government election in
the state.