- Kashim Shettima visits Ibadan with the APC reconciliation team as he pleads with aggrieved members of the party
- Shettima wants the aggrieved members and aspirants of the party to emulate the governor of Lagos state, Akinwunmi Ambode
- Iyiola Omisore was one of those who presented their cases before the APC reconciliation team
The governor of Borno state and chairman of the APC south west reconciliation committee, Kashim Shettima, has reportedly declared that the ruling party will bring on board all members to achieve victory in 2019 general elections.
Shettima made the declaration in Ibadan, Oyo when he led the committee to meet with aggrieved members of the party from Oyo and Osun states.
He also urged the aggrieved members to emulate Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos state describing the latter as a study in tolerance and courage.
The committee also has Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos state, Prof Modupe Adelabu, former deputy governor of Ekiti and Hadjia Sa’ida Sa’ad Bugaje.
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He said: “Governor Ambode is my own politician of the year and the ultimate peacemaker. We are here essentially to build bridges of understanding, to reconcile with our aggrieved members and seeks ways to make appropriate recommendation to the NWC of the party for us to make progress as a family and to make amends where necessary.
“We have a lot to learn from Governor Ambode, he demonstrated courage, he demonstrated an unparalleled generosity of spirit that has never been shown by any Nigerian politician.
"Many people were spoiling for a fight. I believe that power is from God and believe me, the kind of respect that his actions have generated for him across the nation is much more than spending 18 years in power.”
Those who presented their cases to the committee included Senator Iyiola Omisore and Chief Niyi Akintola(SAN).
"Power is the most ephemeral thing God gives to humanity, whether we like it or not. Mobutu Seseseko eventually had to leave power, Hosni Mubarak relunctantly had to relinquish power.
“So, anything that has a beginning must have an end. So, I commend Governor Ambode.
“We have come with cleanest of intention and with very open mind to listen, obtain recommendations and proffer solution,” Shettima said.
On his part, Governor Ambode said though it may be tough to permanently heal the wound aggrieved aspirants might be nursing as a result of the fallout of the primaries, but that it was important for all to move on and truly unite for the party’s victory at all levels come 2019.
"There is no amount of wound that can manifest in your hearts as being present here that we can permanently heal. The most important is that we have created a platform for us to be able to start to bond our family - the APC family together.
“We were once one family but yes people who are seated here have one or two reasons to complain but we are peacemakers.
"What is important is that we must bond together and also carry that crusade of making our party to win the 2019 elections.
“The elections coming next year will not mark the end of our party and so obviously there will be other things that can come out more fruitful than the competitions that you had actually envisaged that you are going to be the winners.
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“It is in that spirit that I would just like you to imbibe whatever it is that you can emulate from my own way of responding to the situation at hand. When there is life, there is hope and there are greater opportunities ahead and it is in that same spirit that we have come here," he said.
Akintola, after presenting his case, said he would exercise patience as preached by the committee.
“We have presented our case and let them know that the reward system in our party is faulty. We told them that we cannot be talking of peace without justice.
“I have been told to wait for the outcome of the reconciliation and we will wait,” he said.
Legit.ng earlier reported that Governor Akinwunmi Ambode recently urged voters in Epe to put past events before them and vote massively for President Muhammadu Buhari, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and other candidates of All Progressives Congress (APC) to ensure the continuity of good governance.
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