Kwara: Group wades into brewing political tension in Ilorin emirate

Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union, IEDPU, the umbrella socio-cultural organisation of Ilorin, in Kwara State, has 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.

A statement by 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, in the statement issued by the national spokesman of the union, Nurudeen Ibrahim, in Ilorin on Wednesday, asserted that with the interventions of the emirate’s traditional authorities and elders, the brewing misunderstanding would be swiftly and amicably resolved.

Alhaji Abdulmalik, recalled, sadly, that the community had in the past witnessed many political upheavals with each of them culminating in retrogression for the ordinary people, and pleaded for the cooperation of all concerned.

He also appealed to the stakeholders to desist from all acts and utterances that were capable of escalating misunderstanding in the overall interest of the community.

Kwara: Group wades into brewing political tension in Ilorin emirate