THE League of Registered Political Parties, Ogun State chapter and 2019 governorship candidates forum have advised the two factions of the Labour Party (LP) and candidate of the Allied People’s Movement (APM), Adekunle Akinlade, to withdraw their separate petitions challenging the declaration of Governor Dapo Abiodun as winner of the March 9, 2019 governorship polls.
The group said Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress (APC) needs to concentrate to deliver dividend of democracy for the people, hence the call on Akinlade and LP factions to withdraw their petitions in the interest of peace.
The group also said they were driven by selfless interest and not influenced by anybody or politicians to appeal to litigants to withdraw their cases in court or at the tribunal.
Addressing reporters on behalf of over a dozen other colleagues present at their secretariat in Akin Olugbade area of Abeokuta during a news conference, the governorship candidate of Independent Democrats (ID) during the last general elections, Otunba Adebayo Mosuro, urged Akinlade to withdraw “all litigations against” Abiodun.
Mosuro noted that Akinlade has the right to seek redress in court in respect of the March 9, 2019 governorship poll.
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He advised the APM’s flagbearer to borrow a leaf from other governorship candidates such as Prince Gboyega Isiaka of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), who had embraced Abiodun and joined hands with him to move the state forward.
According to the spokesman of the League of Registered Political Parties and 2019 governorship candidates’ forum, it is the people of Ogun State, who stand to lose when the governor is kept distracted from the onerous task of governance with needless litigations.
He also called on the governor to be magnanimous in victory by ensuring that every political party and candidate that participated in the last elections is made to feel a sense of belonging in his government of “inclusiveness”.
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