A fresh political storm is brewing within the Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the Kwara South APC Stakeholders, Youths and Women Support Group has strongly condemned what it described as a “hurried and wicked attempt” to impose candidates on the senatorial district ahead of the 2027 general elections.
In a statement issued on Saturday, the group alleged that the current political arrangement being promoted within the party unfairly concentrates all three National Assembly seats in Kwara South within a single bloc, warning that such a development could destabilise the party and jeopardise its electoral fortunes in the district.
The group argued that Kwara South comprises three major political blocs, Ibolo, Igbomina and Ekiti, spread across seven local government areas, insisting that equity, justice and political balance require that the district’s one Senate seat and two House of Representatives seats be distributed across the three blocs.
According to the group, allowing one bloc to occupy all three National Assembly positions amounts to political exclusion and contradicts the democratic ideals upon which the APC was founded.
“We strongly condemn in totality the hurried and wicked attempt to impose candidates on our people. Kwara South belongs to three blocs and seven local governments, and fairness demands that representation should reflect this diversity,” the statement read.
The group further alleged that the current arrangement would leave the Ibolo and Ekiti blocs without any representation in the National Assembly while concentrating all three seats within the Igbomina bloc.
Describing the situation as dangerous, the stakeholders warned that such perceived imbalance could fuel resentment among party members and weaken the APC’s electoral strength in 2027.
Beyond the bloc arrangement, the group also expressed concern over what it described as the concentration of political power within Irepodun Local Government Area
It noted that under the alleged arrangement, Irepodun would produce both the Senator representing Kwara South and one member of the House of Representatives, leaving the remaining six local government areas without equitable representation.
