President Bola Tinubu has urged leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to hold primary elections throughout the federation wherever a consensus cannot be reached.
The president made this call in a statement by his special assistant on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Thursday.
He charged all participants in the primaries, as contestants or voters, to keep the peace and be ready to play as sportsmen and women in the overall interest of the party and the country.
According to him, the party cannot afford rancorous conduct or the debasement of the nation’s democracy and party unity.
“Election is an essential ingredient of democracy. Where consensus fails, I urge us all to go into the primaries as brothers and sisters.
“In every contest, there will be a winner and a loser. I urge the winners not to gloat in victory and the losers to show sportsmanship by taking things in their stride and preparing for another time.
“The ultimate winners are those who don’t choose to wreck the boat but rather work to prepare for another round. Our opponents are waiting for us to be against each other; we should disappoint them,” he said.
