President Bola Tinubu has urged All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirants in Osun State to unite and embrace consensus ahead of the party’s primary scheduled for Saturday.
Presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja.
According to the statement, the President met with the aspirants at the State House, Abuja, to foster harmony before the contest.
Those in attendance included former Deputy Governor Olugboyega Alabi, Dotun Babayemi, Akin Ogunbiyi, Senator Babajide Omoworare, Kunle Adegoke (SAN), Babatunde Oralusi, Mulikat Abiola Jimoh, and Munirudeen Oyebamiji.
Also present were the APC National Chairman, Prof Nentawe Yilwatda; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume; Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, Governor Hope Uzodimma; and the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola.
Tinubu commended the aspirants for their contributions to the party and appealed for cooperation to avoid a repeat of the divisions that affected the APC during the last Osun election. He urged them to rally behind the party’s consensus candidate for the forthcoming poll.
“You all have a duty and obligation to the party by ensuring the candidate of our party wins the next election in Osun State.
“You must strengthen the bonds of unity, party supremacy, and collective responsibility.
“I have absolute confidence in your ability to deliver victory to our party in Osun State. You have my support and that of the national leadership of the APC to win the coming election,” he said.
At the end of the meeting, the aspirants and APC leaders issued a joint declaration pledging unity and support for the consensus candidate.
Politics Nigeria reports that the APC governorship primary will hold on Saturday.
The article was originally published on Politics Nigeria.