Ondo 2016: Emulate Lagos Politicians – Oyegun Charges Apc Aspirants

Source: thewillnigeria.com

SAN FRANCISCO, August 20, (THEWILL) – The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has urged APC aspirants in the forthcoming governorship election in Ondo state to emulate their Lagos state counterparts who rallied round Akinwumi Ambode in the aftermath of the APC primary election in Lagos last year.

He tasked them to shun divisive tendencies, close ranks and chase away the Peoples Democratic Party PDP-led administration in the state.

Odigie-Oyegun gave this charge on Saturday in his introductory remarks at a reconciliation parley with the aspirants and some top party stalwarts at the APC national secretariat in Abuja.

While urging the aspirants to be frank and open in their discussion, he reminded them that they stand to be blamed in the event that the APC loses the governorship poll in Ondo.

“In Akure, as in the presidential primaries, we were fighting to remove an incumbent, a sitting president and now a sitting governor in the case of Ondo and for you to do that, you must be united. So, if there is no unity, you are the one that is losing the election; it won't be that the other party won the election but that you donated it. I appeal to you to be as forthright as possible,” the APC chair pleaded.

Ondo APC has been embroiled in crisis following allegations that a national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu had endorsed one of the aspirants with the intention of imposing him on the party.