The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, congratulates members of the party in Akure North/South constituency over the successful and peaceful conduct of the bye-election exercise for the vacant seat of the House of Representatives which held in Akure, this week.
The massive turn out of members for the exercise reflects the positive effect of the membership registration and revalidation exercise, undertaken by the party. The turnout also reflect the unity of purpose of members in the leadership rank of the repositioned APC in the state.
We assured party faithfuls in the two Local Government Areas that their decision at the primary would be respected by the party as the party is committed to building a strong internal democracy.
This by-election primary is a good litmus test for us as a political party towards building a stronger and more formidable party structure with the sole purpose of growing and strengthening the party support base at the grassroot level unto wining all the forthcoming general elections in the state.
We appreciate all the aspirants that participated in the primary, you should all see yourselves as true progressives for conducting a peaceful, free and fair by-election primary in unison. The peaceful exercise is an indication of one united political family in the state. It is highly, commendable.
Consequently, you should all unite as stakeholders to campaign and win the MHR seat for our great party in your respective local government areas.
We also commend our members of the party in the two LGAs for displaying maturity by conducting themselves in a very peaceful and civilised manner throughout the period of the exercise.
We congratulates the winner of the primary, Mr Lawson Alade for the remarkable feat, as success required dodged determination. It was not an easy task to win primary election in this type of contest that involves political heavy-weights, you have done a huge work with this win.
It has been proven that your people love you a lot, now it is your turn to show it that you love them, as well. We have the belief and the confidence in you that you will win the seat for our party and do amazingly as an elected MHR of the LG areas, congratulations on your success.
Steve Otaloro
Director, Media & Publicity,
APC, Ondo State.
