Oshiomhole congratulates Buhari, hails Atiku, others
Posted by Eranga Isaac
Governor Adams Eric Aliyu Oshiomhole of Edo State has
congratulated Maj.-Gen Muhammadu Buhari on his emergence as the Presidential flag-bearer
of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2015 General election.
In a statement, Oshiomhole also gave kudos to the other Presidential
aspirants of the party for a gallant fight and urged them to join hands with
the party’s candidate to scale the next hurdle.
According to him “first, let me congratulate the flag-bearer
of our party, a highly disciplined, tested and trusted leader, Maj.-General
Muhammadu Buhari for emerging through this refined, transparent and credible
process of delegate election.
“Also, I wish to congratulate the delegates for their tolerance,
patience, maturity and commitment towards ensuring a successful convention
which has produced such a strong candidate for our party.
“This goes to show that we all are committed to being agents
of change in this democratic process. With the emergence of Buhari, Nigeria
will no doubt get a true and selfless leadership needed to drive the much-desired
Change at the centre and the race to effect that real Change has just begun. A change
that represents a new dawn in the democratic governance of our great country; a
change that will restore hope to the downtrodden and forgotten masses of our
great country and also place Nigeria in its rightful place in the comity of
nations.
“With the wide margin of votes recorded by Buhari, it goes
to show that he is widely accepted by majority of Nigerians across
geo-political divides in the country.
“By the APC Convention, we have shown and demonstrated to
Nigerians that we can do things aright, provided we deploy courage,
determination and commitment in doing it.
“Our successful convention has further shown that Nigerians are
now more inclined to the doctrine of “One man, One Vote” and we hope that the
other party and especially the electoral umpire, INEC, will borrow a leaf from
us and let one man, one vote prevail in the 2015 general election. This is the irreducible
minimum that is expected of INEC.
“While I again congratulate our party for this great
convention and its outcome, I want to commend the spirit of sportsmanship
exhibited by the other Presidential aspirants of our party and implore them to join hands with our flag-bearer, to ensure the
victory of our great party, the All Progressives Congress, at the polls in 2015.
“While thanking the organizers for the success of the
Convention, I implore General Buhari to be a father to all, including the other
President aspirants in the build-up to the General elections in 2015.
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