Regardless of the electoral victory of Ekiti State governor-elect, Mr Ayo Fayose, at the Saturday governorship poll, the All Progressives Congress (APC) would still win the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Osun, Governor Rauf Aregbesola has said.
Reacting to the outcome of the Ekiti poll won by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday, Aregbesola contended that “the beauty of democracy is that the will of the people prevails,” just as he assured the people of his party’s confidence to win the August 9, 2014 election, saying “the support base of my party and government remained unflinching.”
In a press statement signed by his Director, Bureau of Communications and Strategy, Mr Semiu Okanlawon, the governor, who is the candidate of the APC said the “beauty of democracy is that the will of the people must prevail at all times.”
Aregbesola affirmed that “if the result of the Ekiti election which declared the candidate of the PDP, Ayo Fayose the winner is the true reflection of the peoples’ decision and desires, his party would have no option but to abide by the outcome.”
According to him, “a true democrat must be ready to embrace defeat just as he will be quick to embrace victory in all genuine democratic contests”, cautioning that “while recognising the will of the people in the attempt to institute real democracy in Nigeria, all institutions of state must be deployed in manners that promote and edify democratic tenets.”
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