Brewing political tension: IEDPU urges ceasefire
Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), the umbrella sociocultural organisation of the good people of Ilorin Emirate, has hinted of ongoing efforts aimed at resolving the lingering political crisis between the Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazak and the Senator representing the Kwara Central Senatorial District, Senator Saliu Mustapha.
The IEDPU said both the Ilorin Emirate traditional council led by the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji (Dr) Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari and other major stakeholders in the community have commented moves to douse the seeming tension in the polity.
The body particularly called for the immediate cessation of the ongoing exchange of hot tirades, particularly on radio stations, by supporters and sympathisers of various political leaders in the Emirate.
In a statement, the Union’s National President, Alhaji Abdulmumini Ayo Abdulmalik, said that, in conjunction with the traditional authorities and respected elders of the Emirate, it had commenced positive actions that would lead to the effective stoppage of the brewing political misunderstanding among prominent sons of the Emirate.
The President said that, with the interventions of the Emirate’s traditional authorities and elders, the brewing misunderstanding would be swiftly and amicably resolved.
Alhaji Abdulmalik, who recalled, sadly, that the community had in the past witnessed many political upheavals with each of them culminating in retrogression for the ordinary people, pleaded for the cooperation of all concerned.
He, therefore, appealed to stakeholders to desist from all acts and utterances that are capable of escalating misunderstanding in the overall interest of the community.
