Osun 2022: Aregbesola Speaks On APC Primary Election

The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has asked all members of the  All Progressives Congress (APC) to ensure a peaceful and credible gubernatorial primary election in Osun state.

In a statement released on Saturday, Argbesola urged his supporters to participate and be respectful to other party members in the primary election, urging them to avoid any form of violence, brigandage, and disorderliness.

The minister also asked party members, especially his supporters, to be resolute to cast their vote, not to be intimidated and scared away.

He, however, wished them a peaceful, free, fair and successful primary election.

The statement reads: “Another electoral cycle has rolled by, and we are now in that season again in Osun. We should thank God for the democratic right to participate in the electoral process of electing our leaders.

“As you all know, this is a two-staged process. The first is intra-party, meaning that our party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), will democratically nominate its candidate. The second stage, inter-party, will take place in a state-wide election sometime in July, God willing.

“For this first stage, I am appealing to all our party members to participate, but peacefully in the primary election taking place today. They should avoid any form of violence, brigandage and disorderliness. 

“Our party members, especially our supporters, should be resolute to cast their vote, not to be intimidated and scared away. But they should portray themselves and the party in the best form in comportment, organisation and promotion of societal peace and tranquillity.

“You should know that we are first a community of humans before we are a political community. Our peaceful coexistence, therefore, supersedes every other activity.  

“The Nigerian and our party’s constitutions make provision for the expression of our preference and choice of leader every four years. This is the heart of the democratic process. It is an inalienable right we should take as sacred and exercise with every sense of responsibility.

“I am also appealing to our members to push out the women and let them lead the process by coming out decently and peacefully. This is to demonstrate the customary dignity of women as matriarchs, mothers, wives and daughters, which confers on them the special protection status from violent attacks from thugs and hoodlums.

“Our overall objective is to have a transparent, free, fair and peaceful election. I wish us all a peaceful, free, fair and successful primary election. I thank you all.”

This article was originally published on Nigeria News