Candidates of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) for the 2023 general elections in Kwara State on Sunday gathered prominent Islamic clerics in Ilorin, the state capital to offer prayers for their success at the poll.
The prayer was attended by the party’s gubernatorial flag bearer in the state, Professor Shuaib AbdulRaheem, the Asiwaju Offa, Alh Moshood Shittu and the state chiarman of the party, AbdulRazaq AbdulSalam.
Also in attendant were all NNPP candidates vying for Senatorial and House of Representatives seats and all the 24 candidates vying for the State’s House of Assembly seats.
The prayer session was led by the Khalifat Al-Adabiyyah , Sheik AbdulKadir Kamaldeen who was assisted by other prominent Islamic clerics in the state.
Kamaldeen prayed for the success of all the NNPP’s candidates in the state and the party’s presidential candidate, Alh Musa Kwankwaso.
Speaking with newsmen on the sidelines of the prayer, the NNPP gubernatorial candidate, Prof Shuaib AbdulRaheem who expressed confidence that his party would emerge victorious in the coming general elections, said the party is prepared to take the mantle of leadership come 2023.
“Insha Allah, we are doing everything humanly possible to achive success. We are confident in Allah and when you are confident in Allah, you will achieve success” he added.
Asked to assess the level of preparedness of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the 2023 elections, the former vice chancellor of the University of Ilorin, praised the commission for “their impartiality” and introduction of Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) in the electoral process, saying ” they “have been doing well”.
He condemned the incessant attacks on INEC facilities across the country.
AbdulRaheem admonished the electorate to resist vote buying, describing it as a disease that has to be cured in the nation’s electoral system.
“Vote buying is another disease that we have to cure but I am happy that the economy measures introduced by CBN will curtail vote buying . What I want to tell the people is that whoever can buy them can also sell them”, he said.
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