A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state and Dan’Iya of Kaiama, Prince Haliru Dantsoho, Thursday, warned that the occasion stands dropping the 2027 governorship election if it zones its ticket to Kwara North.
Dantsoho spoke lately on TVC Primetime programme whereas explaining his determination to step down for a candidate from Kwara Central senatorial district shortly earlier than declaring his ambition.
“Politics is about numbers, not feelings or social media agitation. “If you want one thing from the bulk, you attraction, persuade, and construct consensus, you don’t confront them,” Dantsoho stated.
He stated Kwara Central stays essentially the most populous voting bloc within the state, adopted by Kwara North after which Kwara South, including that any technique that ignores this actuality could possibly be pricey for the ruling occasion.
The previous state youth chief of the Folks’s Democratic Social gathering(PDP) recalled that he had lengthy championed the agitation for energy shift to Kwara North, in his PDP days.
He stated whereas the zone obtained the ticket in 2023, its individuals didn’t rally behind its personal candidate.
“If the agitation for Kwara North governorship was really about collective curiosity and never private ambition, that was the most effective time everybody ought to have united, no matter occasion affiliation,” he stated.
Condemning the confrontational strategy by some proponents of the zoning agenda and warned that antagonising different areas may solely weaken the North’s probabilities.
“As an alternative of interesting to stakeholders, what we see right now is confrontation, particularly on social media. That’s not tips on how to win political assist,” he added.
Dantsoho famous the sharp divisions amongst aspirants from Kwara North, citing cases the place supporters of aspirants equivalent to Yakubu Danladi, Senator Sadiq Umar, Makama Lafiagi and Daudu, are perpetually locked in rivalry.
“By now, the North ought to have produced a consensus candidate, however the divisions are too deep. Every camp believes the opposite would lead the occasion to defeat,” he stated.
“If APC zones to the North and PDP presents a Central candidate, APC will lose, let’s be sincere,” he acknowledged.