Emmanuel Oladesu
A FORMER presidential candidate in the last general elections and businessman Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim has urged those who contested against President Muhammadu Buhari to close ranks to move the nation forward.
His counsel followed Wednesday’s ruling of the Supreme Court which affirmed Buhari’s victory in the determination of the election dispute.
Olawepo-Hashim, who ran an essentially issue-based campaign, congratulated Buhari on the victory at the apex court.
He told reporters in Lagos that the problem with Nigeria required a collective effort beyond partisan politicking. He said Nigeria is greater than all, irrespective of party affiliation.
His words: “We are first and foremost Nigerians, before we are identified as a member of one party or the other. The important thing, therefore, is to build a nation where we can all be collectively proud.”
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Olawepo-Hashim stressed that we have played much of partisan politics and what we do need now is unity amongst the political elites.
“Our situation needs urgent attention, through a unity of political leaders” Olawepo-Hashim stated, stressing “we require collective wisdom to take our nation out of the woods. Victory at the court should not be seen as an end in itself, but as a means to an end”
He stressed: “Mr. President should be magnanimous in victory, while the losers should also be gallant in defeat.
“There are many challenges bedeviling our political and electoral processes, and all hands have to be on deck to resolve them, in the interest of the growth of our democracy.”
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