The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has admitted that the Saturday’s House of Representatives primaries was marred with crisis across several constituencies in the state, calling on aspirants to seek internal mechanisms towards resolving the grievances.
The APC chairman, Tajudeen Lawal in a statement obtained by InsightMedia on Sunday, described the crisis-riddeh primaries as “successful”.
Lawal said elections are competitive across the globe and winners must emerge.
“With the successful completion of the primary elections into the Houses of Representatives and Assembly of the All Progressives Congress in Osun State yesterday, the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress APC has congratulated the candidates, other aspirants, the members of the party and their numerous supporters,” Lawal said.
“For the mere fact that any election is a competition for interests and opportunities where it is constituonal 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 manners of elections worldwide.”
The Chairman warned defeated aspirants to rein in on their supporters over what he described as negative comments on social media.
Lawal said, “Having witnessed some of the negative comments of some members of our party before the events that culminated into 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 such untowards 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.”
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