Aspirants who lost out at the Ekiti governorship primaries have been implored to accept defeat in good faith.
Chief Taiwo Olatunbosun, a chieftain in the ruling All Progressives Congress stated this on Tuesday when he spoke with newsmen in Ado-Ekiti.
Olatunbosun said, that the outcome of the primaries was an indication of the popularity of the winner, Mr Biodun Oyebanji among party faithful.
According to him, ”It is not possible for anybody or a politician to say he or she is more popular than the people, it is not possible! The power of the people is much more potent, stronger than the people in power.
“When the people decide to speak by mutual consent that they want somebody, it is always massive. The voice of the people is the voice of God.
”What Oyebanji got was massive supports from the grassroot, the people one can call the party, themselves.
“The aggrieved governorship aspirants must accept defeat in good faith, because it is the people that have spoken themselves during the election,”
The chieftain, also a former spokesperson for the APC in the state, lauded the Gov. Muhammad Badaru-led APC governorship primary committee for creating a level playing ground for all aspirants.
He said that majourity of the aspirants agreed on direct primaries, expressing reservation over alleged boycott of the event by seven aspirants.
”Why are they challenging the process they voluntarily withdrew from, if they know they are popular as Oyebanji,” he said.
Olatunbosun said that the emergence of Oyebanji as the APC governorship flagbearer was by popular choice, saying yhat the people decided to vote for a man that they can closely relate with.
He said that the election of Oyebanji has shown that the masses have rejected politicians who only existed on the pages of newspapers or television stations