By Bimbo Ogunnaike
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed its appreciation to the people of Kogi and Bayelsa States for voting for the party in last Saturday’s governorship polls.
APC National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Issa -Onilu, in a statement issued on Monday, noted that the party won because the electorate ignored the propaganda of the opposition and re-elected their candidate, Governor Yahaya Bello.
“We congratulate all Nigerians, our teeming supporters and members for the hard-fought election victories. Indeed, these victories are as significant as are well-deserved.
“Although the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the senatorial election in Kogi West district inconclusive, we are confident that when the supplementary election is held, our candidate, Senator Smart Adeyemi will reclaim his earlier stolen mandate,” Issa – Onilu said.
Issa-Onilu
The statement said it appreciated the tireless efforts of party’s National Campaign Councils for Kogi and Bayelsa, headed by the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El Rufai and Jigawa State Governor, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar respectively.
“We dedicate our Party’s election successes to the good people of the two states, with a solemn promise that our victorious candidates would justify the confidence reposed in them,”APC national spokesperson explained.
“The PDP must begin to address itself to the new reality that votes are beginning to count. PDP’s retrogressive tactics of massive thumb printing, ballot box snatching, vote-buying, thuggery, violence and other illegal schemes will no longer win elections for them,” he said.
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