KNDC accuses Kwara governor of secretly funding ADC
A socio-political group, the Kwara North Development Commission, has accused Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of secretly funding and strengthening the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the state, a claim the ADC has strongly denied.
The group, in a statement signed by its president, Hon. Abdullahi Mansuma, and its publicity secretary, Hajia Zainabu Seko, alleged that the governor was engaging in anti-party activities by covertly supporting the ADC while publicly leading the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The KNDC called on the national leadership of the APC to sanction AbdulRazaq, describing the alleged act as “dangerous political double-dealing.”
According to the group, credible intelligence and political developments indicated that the governor was using the ADC as a decoy opposition and a platform to retain political control of Kwara state by proxy.
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Reacting to the allegations, a former Nigerian Ambassador to Japan and a leader of the ADC in Kwara State, Prof. Isa Gana, dismissed the claims as false and baseless.
Gana, who is also a former deputy speaker of the Kwara state House of Assembly, described the insinuation that Governor AbdulRazaq was funding the ADC as a blatant lie.
“As a stakeholder in Kwara North Senatorial District, I am not even aware of such a Kwara North Development Commission making these allegations against our party,” he said.
He questioned the logic behind the claim, asking how a sitting APC governor could be funding a rival party that was positioning itself to take over power in the state.
“How will Governor AbdulRazaq be funding a party that is out to wrest power from his own party, the APC?” Gana said.
