The All Progressives Congress in Osun State has commended stakeholders of the party over the successful primary election for the House of Representatives aspirants held on Saturday across federal constituencies in the state.
The chairman of the party, Sooko Tajudeen Lawal, in a statement on Sunday, commended the sportsmanship of the aspirants who could not emerge victorious, urging them to remain calm.
He also urged the elected candidates to use their victory as a potent political tool to consolidate the oneness and consolidation of the party in preparation for the major elections ahead, where the efforts of all and sundry shall be needed.
Lawal said, “For the mere fact that any election is a competition for interests and opportunities where it is constitutional for each of the aspirants to be the first among equals is the reason why there seems to be unease at any period of all manner of elections worldwide.
“We commend the displayed spirit of sportsmanship of the aspirants who could not emerge victorious, while they should take solace in the fact that an election of any type, like an examination, may not always be the best form of assessing the superiority of any student or candidate over their peers.
“In a contest, it is just necessary and compulsory that a winner must emerge, which is the reason there was an emergence of the successful candidates as the first among equals.
“It is apposite to remind the elected candidates of the need to use their victory as a potent political tool to consolidate the oneness and consolidation of the party in preparation for the major elections ahead, where the efforts of all and sundry shall be needed for the success of all our candidates during the general election.”
The APC chairman, however, warned members who are talking down on the party over the concluded primary not to lose sight of party supremacy.
“Having witnessed some of the negative comments of some members of our party before the events that culminated in the successful holding of our Houses of Representatives and Assembly primary elections of yesterday, it is, however, expedient to remind the members of our party not to lose sight of the supremacy of the party in all their endeavours.
“It wouldn’t augur well for any member(s) of our party to engage in the talking down of the party or any of our leaders because of their inability to emerge victorious during the primary elections.
“Let’s do a self-examination with a view to ending sundry actions and inactions which would not, in any way, add quality to the collective chances of constitutionally taking over the administration of the state in the next dispensation,” he added.
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