Aregbesola urges APC members to vote in large numbers and peacefully in the Osun primary.

Rauf Aregbesola, the Minister of Interior, has urged members of the All Progressives Congress to vote in large numbers in the party’s governorship primary election today.

He said this in a social media address on Saturday, urging people to remain peaceful.

Gboyega Oyetola, the Governor of Osun State, and Moshood Adeoti, a former Secretary to the State Government, are fighting for the party’s sole ticket.
Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, the Minister of Interior, has nominated Adeoti, a former state chairman of the party.
My good people of Osun,
Good day to you all.
Another electoral cycle has rolled by and we are now in that season again in Osun. We should thank God for the democratic right to participate in the electoral process of electing our leaders.

As you all know, this is a two-staged process. The first is intra-party, meaning that our party, the All Progressives Congress, will democratically nominate its candidate. The second stage, inter-party, will take place in a state-wide election sometime in July, God willing.

For this first stage, I am appealing to all our party members to participate peacefully in the primary election taking place today. They should avoid any form of violence, brigandage, and disorderliness.
“Our party members, especially our supporters, should be resolute to cast their vote, not to be intimidated and scared away. But they should portray themselves and the party in the best form in comportment, organisation and promotion of societal peace and tranquillity.

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Our peaceful coexistence therefore supersedes every other activity.

The Nigerian and our party’s constitutions make provision for the expression of our preference and choice of leader every four years. This is the heart of the democratic process. It is an inalienable right we should take as sacred and exercise with every sense of responsibility.

I am also appealing to our members to push out the women and let them lead the process by coming out decently and peacefully. This is to demonstrate the customary dignity of women as matriarchs, mothers, wives, and daughters, which confers on them the special protection status from violent attacks from thugs and hoodlums.

Our overall objective is to have a transparent, free, fair and peaceful election.
I wish us all a peaceful, free, fair and successful primary election.
I thank you all.