Stakeholders in the Kwara South senatorial district of Kwara State have cautioned traditional rulers in the district against partisanship in the 2027 electioneering processes.
The people, under the aegis of the Kwara South Progressive Movement, while speaking with journalists in Ilorin, criticised the recent position of some traditional rulers from the Igbomina-speaking axis of Kwara South Senatorial District on the agitation for zoning of the district’s senatorial seat ahead of the 2027 general election.
Speaking on behalf of the sociopolitical group, Sunday Owolabi, chairman, expressed concern over what he described as involvement of traditional rulers in partisan political matters, urging them to remain neutral and preserve the sanctity of the traditional institution.
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The reaction followed a press conference addressed on Monday by the Chairman of the Igbomina Traditional Rulers Forum and Olupo of Ajase Ipo, Oba Ismail Bolaji Yahaya, where support was reportedly expressed for the zoning of the Kwara South Senate seat to the Igbomina axis, in a district comprising of other tribes as Ibolo and Ekiti extractions.
