2022: APC Inaugurates 86 Man Campaign Committee ......Set to Retain Party's Victory in Osun

From Aviashima Toom, Abuja 

The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) Sen. Abdulahi Adamu, has inaugurated a 86 member campaign council of the Osun Governorship election slated for July 16

The event which took place at the party National secretariat in Abuja, also charged them to be prepared with the task ahead. According to him there is no sparing for any reason, no sparing PDP.

The national chairman also said the party sure of Victory. "The plan to win, the ability to execute the plan is with the leadership that this council is going to provide in the campaign efforts. I urge you to leave no stone unturned. I urge you to go there and do whatever is doable within the laws of Nigeria and our electoral laws to win.

"My tolerance level and this national working committee level for failure is really really zero. Most of you have been statesmen in your own right, the offices you held before today, but for this exercise take off the big guns, take off the creepy suits wear and go down the trench and bring that victory we want.

"Nobody should come back to us crying, failure is not our own by the grace of God. Whatever it takes within the laws of the land, i said go for it, win the election. 

"Let them go complain let them go  wherever, let's win the election, we have no apologies whatsoever for this posture because these two elections are for best to the national election coming up in 2003.

"It will go in our credentials that we have the winning track record this National Working Committee that you elected we have a commitment. What we mean by the commitment is the 2023 general election that is facing us. We have to face it squarely. There's no option to wining the national election and these state elections are like I said forebears to the national election. We must show those who love us by showing those who are our adversaries in the strongest possible way that we are in control.

"No apologize to anybody, we are the party of government, we are the party ruling the country today, no apologize for anybody. The reality is Nigerians chose APC and we'll do everything we can to retain this position of envy. Now, we have determined as a party, who will be our flag bearer in the forthcoming presidential election in 2023. We have chief Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinibu as our presidential candidate you all know that. No these elections are first steps, we are taking towards victory in 2023 we must not play with this, we start preparing for these now.

"The challenge, everybody's arrow is pointing at us, so we must show our capacity to bear the pressure and move out forces forward to victory. We are winning the battle of the states, but the real war to be won is the presidential election in 2023. And I do hope that we will not spare efforts to ensure that we come back victorious". Adamu said.

Responding, the Co-chairman Osun Governorship Campaign Council who doubles as the governor of Kano State, His Excellency, Abdullahi Ganduje, appreciated the party for the opportunity to serve and promised to give nothing less than the best.

Ganduje,  congratulated members of the NWC for the last week victory of the Ekiti governorship election which he said the party score over 60%.

While assuring the National chairman that council will work day and night, he noted that they will be committed as some of them have already started behind the scene. He insisted that one important issue about Osun election is reconciliation. Internal dynamics of the party is very important. 

"So reconciliation is totally necessary so that we will believe in each other. Some of us who participated in the last election that brought the current governor into office, we knew the interplay of variables that took place. And that led us to a new terminology in election, inconclusive election" I assure you Mr chairman, this time this election, will be conclusively conclusive.

"We agreed that all stakeholders in osun state will come together and constitute into one single force in order to win this important election. 

"I am happy the secretary of our great party is from Osun state and I think he is very useful to this election in osun state. I believe the stakeholders in Osun State will add value to their preparedness. And ensure that the 30 LGAs in Osun State leadership have all prepared for this election. 

"We will take the previous events and unify it and see how things stood at that time. And what variables that went in-between the election and now. And see how we can compete for success because this is our efforts to our party. 

"We are told that we are fighting an opposition with moneybags. But, we want to assure you that we are coming with strategy bags..We are seeking for the cooperation of all stakeholders especially our governors. Members of NWC to coordinate well with all the committees and stakeholders in conducting an election. So, we want to assure you that this election is a task that must be done within the processes of democracy and also within legal procedures". He said