National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, said on Monday that President Muhammadu has declared his interest in winning the June 18 Ekiti State governorship election for thje All Progressives Congress (APC)
Adamu, who made the declaration, while inaugurating the 61 member APC campaign Council for the election, described the election as a must win for the ruling party.
The APC chairman reminded the committee that they cannot afford to lose the ticket, since it is the first major assignment to be executed by the new National Working Committee (NWC) of the party, adding that he would only receive a positive result from them and would not accept, emphasising that President Muhammadu Buhari is so enthusiastic about positive result from the election.
“We are inaugurating a committee that will take charge of Campaign and marketing of our candidate. The primary was hitch-free, the fact that no one is challenging the outcome is a very big kudos for the Ekiti chapter of our great party.
“With this inauguration today, we are giving you a matching order as the campaign council and our great people of Ekiti State particularly our own good people of Ekiti State on the platform of our great party, the APC.
“Ekiti is the first election that we will be having in this dispensation of APC. God has blessed our lives, God has blessed my life and my political career. Once there is a contest, there will be a winner and a loser, we are never on the losing side.
“But we don’t take that for granted. We are going to work as hard as we can to ensure that we deliver our gubernatorial candidate as the next governor of Ekiti State. As we inaugurate this Committee, I have one thing in the marching order of this party and that is don’t come home crying, don’t come home crying. If there’s a crying, let them go and cry for their principals, not us.
“President Muhammadu Buhari is at the beginning of his trip out of the Presidential Villa. He made no secret of it. He is a man of honour, he seeks no extension, he made it public in this very hall that used to be our NEC hall. He said it that he has been elected for a second time. He is under oath as president to protect and preserve the Nigerian constitution.
“So, he takes this election very seriously, we would try to do as much as possible, we will be guided by the rules of engagement for elections, we will observer every rule, every guideline and we do hope that those who will be responsible for overseeing the compliance will be fair arbiters, will be fair referees, will be fair umpires,” he appealed.
