The opposition party, All Progressives Congress,
is beaming with immense pride at the moment,
owing to the orderly manner in which it
conducted its presidential primary elections.
Several of its chieftains and leaders have openly
given themselves pats on the back for a job well
done, and Lagos state governor, Babatunde
Fashola has also joined the bandwagon.
Fashola made the comments on Friday, December
12 at a State Dinner held in honour of the
immediate past Chief Judge of Lagos State,
retired Justice Ayotunde Phillips and the
incumbent Chief Judge, Justice Olufunmilayo
Atilade.
According to him, the recently held primary of the
party, which was won by retired Maj.-Gen.
Muhhammadu Buhari, is a model for democracy in
Africa.
He said: “As we celebrate these women, we are
also sending out a statement to the whole of our
nation that in this state and in this city, that our
integrity is more valuable to us than all of our
personal lives.
“We are building a country that our children will
be proud to inherit from us and that one day they
can look back and say thank you for helping us
build this country.
“From this city, we have sent a strong message
about the politics that we will also play. If I am
not mistaken, our gubernatorial primaries had the
largest number of aspirants but we conducted it
without rancour.”
“None of the candidates who contested have
come out to say that the primaries were rigged or
that there were more voters than those who were
accredited. A candidate has emerged and we are
moving on.
“From Lagos, against all the odds, we played host
in the last 48 hours to a party’s national
convention and primaries that were a model for
democracy for the whole of Africa.
They are very
strong statements that we are sending out that
we can lead by example. They are statements
that make us stand tall,” Fashola added.
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