…Says ruling party can’t win all states in guber election
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed surprise that oppositions People Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP) were taking badly their lost at the just concluded presidential election won by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The ruling party, however, admitted it can’t win all the 36 states of the federation in March 11 governorship election, saying APC “is not greedy.”
APC’s National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu at a press conference in Abuja condemned in the strongest terms “the shameful” conduct of the leadership of PDP and the Labour Party in their unwarranted attempts to sabotage the elections and throw the country into chaos and avoidable crisis.
Flanked by members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party, Adamu said both the LP and the PDP ought to be good sportsmen and women in the political arena.
“I would be remiss if I fail to condemn in the strongest possible terms the shameful conduct of the leadership of PDP and the Labour Party in their unwarranted attempts to sabotage the elections and throw the country into chaos and avoidable crisis. It is a pity that they take their loss so badly. They ought to be good sportsmen and women in the political arena.
“Their protest walk out from the collation centre was childish but clearly a calculated attempt to rubbish the elections and impugn the integrity of the electoral umpire.
“Their call for the cancellation of the elections over their unproven allegations of electoral fraud must be the height of diabolical desperation.
“All patriotic citizens of this country who value peace and unity of purpose must rise with one voice to condemn these elements who want to parade themselves in the public space as the guardians of our electoral system.
“Aided by some self-appointed guardians of our nation’s conscience, they wanted to turn the victory of our party into ashes in the mouths of all Nigerians and set the country up for global opprobrium.
“It is condemnable and unpatriotic and unworthy of men who ought to recognise that in a democracy respect for the right of the people to freely choose their leaders through an election is the fundamental pillar of that form of government.
“Nothing in our laws and the constitution gives aggrieved individuals and groups the right to abort the unequivocal choices freely made by the people in their wisdom.
“Power belongs to the people and the people must be allowed to exercise it in the best way they choose in instituting the government of their choice.
“Our laws provide channels for the redress of electoral grievances. We urge those who feel aggrieves to avail themselves of those channels to seek redress. To set the house on fire in pursuit of a rat is not an act of courage or patriotism. It stands condemnable.
“We are happy to see that the people have seen through their unpatriotic antics and rejected their attempts to set the country on fire. We commend the highly placed and patriotic former public officers who instantly rose up in defence of the conduct of the elections and the election results and condemned the saboteurs.
“They have once more risen to the challenge of saving our nation from a needless crisis. We salute them. We must learn to be good losers, not bad losers. It is the hallmark of good citizenship.”
When asked about the preparations of the party toward March 11 Governorship election across the country, Senator Adamu said: “By the grace of God, just as we won the presidency we are going to win, I wouldn’t say all because APC is not a greedy party.
“We will win all the winnable and will make some sacrifices where necessary, so that democracy can flourish.”
