The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State has appealed to aspirants and their supporters to accept the outcome of the exercise and team up with the flag-bearer, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to deliver the state to the party.
The Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mr Alex Kalejaye said the need to retain the Sunshine State for APC makes synergy and unity of purpose a necessity, ahead of November.
Kalejaye in a statement lauded the scrutiny of the governorship primary election process by the National Working Committee and its subsequent endorsement of the outcome of the exercise that took place on April 20.
Kalejaye viewed the decision of the highest organ of the ruling party as loud credence to the quality of the job done by Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo-led election committee.
He said reports from the party structures across the 18 local government areas and 203 wards show that members of the ruling party conducted themselves in an organised and peaceful manner and expressed deep confidence in the flag-bearer Governor Ayedatiwa, to lead the party to victory during the governorship election in November 2024.
His words “It further affirmed the candidate’s capacity, judging from his wealth of experience in both private and public sectors, to ensure greater strides in the collective economic development aspirations for Ondo State.
‘The state organ expressed appreciation to the security organs, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and all other stakeholders for making the exercise successful.
“For the records, all the aspirants gave a good account of themselves, both while canvassing for support and during the primary election. In our estimation, they are all qualified to govern the state, but a candidate must emerge from the array of stars. We salute their courage to participate in the process.
“We urge Mr. Governor and flag-bearer to be magnanimous in victory and explore plausible avenues to parley with all aspirants on the platform of our party, in the interest of unity and cohesion”.