The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Ondo East/Ondo West Federal Constituency within the 2027 Nationwide Meeting election, Michael Akintomide, has urged aggrieved get together members to settle for the end result of the get together’s major election and keep away from actions that might divide the get together.
Akintomide made the attraction at a reception organised by supporters following his return from Abuja after the conclusion of the APC major election course of and the submission of candidates’ names.
Addressing get together trustworthy, the APC candidate urged members to stay calm and respect the get together’s supremacy, noting that the Nationwide Working Committee (NWC) had concluded the first course of consistent with the get together’s structure.
“There isn’t a want for agitation. For readability’s sake, the Nationwide Working Committee has spoken, and there’s get together supremacy. No matter they are saying on social media that’s opposite to the get together’s place ought to be ignored. Even when there are protests, don’t be part of them. Imagine within the course of. The method has produced credible candidates,” Akintomide mentioned.
He expressed confidence within the management of Governor Fortunate Aiyedatiwa, describing him because the chief of the APC in Ondo State, and mentioned get together leaders would proceed to work collectively to strengthen the get together forward of the following common elections.
The APC candidate mentioned his aspiration goes past constituency initiatives, stressing that he’s dedicated to offering efficient illustration by way of high quality laws and insurance policies that may positively affect the folks of Ondo East and Ondo West Federal Constituency.
Responding to reviews that the APC secretariat was shut when he arrived, Akintomide dismissed the declare, insisting that the gang that welcomed him mirrored the get together’s true energy.
“The secretariat isn’t shut. If the secretariat have been shut, you wouldn’t see all these folks. These are the folks. These are the get together. The individuals are the get together,” he mentioned.
He urged get together members to put the first election behind them and deal with the broader activity of securing the APC’s victory within the 2027 common election.
“My recommendation to the APC and to my constituency is that the election has come and gone. The get together has chosen its most popular candidate. We must always work collectively to be sure that the APC emerges victorious within the common election,” Akintomide mentioned.
Addressing considerations that disagreements arising from the primaries may have an effect on the get together’s electoral fortunes, he described such disputes as a standard characteristic of inside get together contests.
“Folks have the precise to categorical their displeasure. Nonetheless, on the finish of the day, we are going to come to the spherical desk and realise that the get together takes priority over each private curiosity. We are going to all come collectively as one and emerge victorious,” he added.
Additionally talking, former Chairman of Ondo West Native Authorities, Ebenezer Akinsulure, described Akintomide’s emergence because the APC candidate for the Ondo East/Ondo West Federal Constituency as a victory for the folks of Ondo.
Akinsulure mentioned get together members and residents labored tirelessly for Akintomide’s emergence and expressed satisfaction with the end result of the first election course of.
