Obasa Advocates Peace, Unity Amid Lagos APC LG Primary results
By Felix Kuyinu
Speaker at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has urged aspirants and stakeholders of the All Progressives Party, APC, to imbibe peaceful attributes amid results of the just held council primaries and unify themselves in preparation for the forthcoming 2025 Local Government election in the state.
Obasa charged the party leaders to quash occurrences of bitterness put out by aggrieved contestants due to their fall out in the election, calling for a reconciliation in order to focus on prioritizing the party’s targets over grudges.
The Speaker stated that the disqualified candidates can express their disgruntlement but should know that the party is aiming at victory during the July 12 election, which can be dampened by disunity among the members.
During a stakeholders’ meeting held at the Central Primary School in Agege yesterday, he enjoined the party faithfuls to exercise patience, abide by the decision and get in line with the leadership of the party.
“The positions that were vied for were not family positions, and if after the election some people came out to vent their anger concerning the primary election, they have the right, but not to use the anger to destroy the house,” Obasa said.
“We know everybody cannot be a leader and they did not choose themselves, we chose them. If we are all leaders, who will be the followers? So we must learn to exercise patience and have confidence in our party.
“When the party has taken a decision, we must as party members abide by the decision. We must not fight them, we must look for ways to bring them back. If we have to appeal, let us start now by appealing to them.
“We were friends yesterday and there is the belief that we can be friends tomorrow,” he added.
The Speaker spoke positively in the coming Chairmanship election saying, “This one is just a test case for us. We are using it to test our ability to increase our votes come 2027.
“We can increase the turnout beyond what we had in the 2023 election, then we can go home rest assured that 2027 is a done deal,” he said.
