The Kwara state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Wednesday criticised the Kwara South senatorial district candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Saheed Popoola over what the celebration referred to as a reckless assertion towards a case already determined by the court docket on the April 2018 Offa theft incident.
The celebration described as insensitive and reckless the assertion by Popoola saying it was an try and rewrite the historical past of the 2018 Offa theft, which claimed 33 lives.
Popoola had weekend claimed that he intentionally linked the incident during which folks 33 folks together with policemen have been killed to Saraki in a determined try and settle political scores.
Addressing journalists on the celebration’s secretariat in Ilorin, the APC publicity secretary, Alhaji Abdulwaheed Olawale Babatunde, acknowledged that the court docket had selected the matter and in addition convicted one Akinnibosun and different criminals within the Offa theft case introduced earlier than it.
The celebration’s spokesman stated the convicted armed robbers had, of their statements and proof offered earlier than the court docket, allegedly linked Saraki to the incident.
He argued that the latest feedback attributed to Popoola couldn’t invalidate the judicial proceedings or the proof thought-about by the court docket.
“The purport of Popoola’s statement is not lost on the people of Offa and Kwara state. A man who shamelessly admitted to lying on a matter of such magnitude and consequence has simply told the people that he lacks any credibility and is not worthy of their trust. He may well wake up tomorrow and do worst things.”
He urged residents of Kwara, notably these in Offa and Kwara South, to think about the significance of integrity and public belief in selecting their representatives.
