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Facing the Reality: The Requirements for True Reconciliation in Kwara

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 *Facing the Reality: The Requirements for True Reconciliation in Kwara*



I saw in the news that the APC has commenced a reconciliation process in some states, Kwara included, and I consider this a welcome development. It does, however, place a responsibility on those of us at the very grassroots of the party in Kwara: to ensure that the committee or emissaries coming for the reconciliation exercise understand the task before them in Kwara, because Kwara is a peculiar state.


The problem in Kwara is not simply that some people are aggrieved; it stems from two principal realities that some APC stakeholders have consistently failed to confront. The first is that when two or three people compete for a position, only one can ultimately be favoured—and that person may not necessarily be you. The second, as the Yoruba adage puts it, is that a town cannot exist without a head or leader. Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq is the leader of the APC in Kwara, yet some people behave as though there is no leader and that every matter must travel to Abuja before it can be resolved.


The two realities that those agitating must recognise are these: only one person can occupy each position, and Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq should be regarded by the majority of APC members as the person who presides over the process of resolving the issues and determining the candidate after considering the various agitations and concerns raised. He may not be regarded as the leader by a few, but he is the leader trusted by the overwhelming majority of APC members today, and those members would consider it unfair to him if he were excluded from presiding over the process.


Yes, reconciliation must take place, and sacrifices must be made, but those sacrifices should begin with everyone accepting that the APC has a leader in Kwara State—and that leader is Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. We acknowledge that many other individuals are leaders in their own right.


That is not to say that Danladi became a leader merely because he became governor; rather, it is an acknowledgement that a state chapter of a political party requires a recognised leader. The removal of the Saraki dynasty created that leadership vacuum, and Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq is the person best positioned to occupy that space within the APC today.


How and why? The population that supported him in 2023 against the coalition of the PDP and virtually every other opposition force demonstrates that he possesses both the popular support and the political capacity to occupy that position. This is what the self-appointed leaders who patronise Abuja and Lagos in an attempt to undermine Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq must be made to understand. If such individuals were in Lagos and knew of someone who could empower them against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu today, they would probably be creating this same problem in Lagos.


Yes, reconciliation is both necessary and important at this point, but such reconciliation must not become an incentive for rebellion or a reward for disobedience to constituted authority. I wish the APC a successful reconciliation process.


Just passing by.


Bisi Kristien

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