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We Made Sacrifices To Win 2015 Election- Oyegun

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National Chairman, All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Oyegun yesterday revealed that the party’s victory at the last general elections was a product of sacrifice by the members and national leadership of the party.

He said that the leaders jettisoned their personal interests and subjugated them in the will and wishes of the people to win the election, noting that democracy can only thrive if the people were given a chance to choose their leaders. Oyegun who spoke in Abuja when the former Nigerein President, Mamam Usman paid him a courtesy visit also said that the people’s will prevailed in the election.

According to him, APC as a political party had a very excruciating experience with the outgone People’s Democratic Party, PDP, which he said did everything to frustrate the victory of the party.

He stated that the PDP never wanted the birth of the party from the contemplation of idea to form it by the legacy parties.

Oyegun’s revelation however followed an understudy exercise by the visiting Nigerien president who is also the leader of the opposition in his country to ascertain steps taken by APC to win the elections from opposition status.

He said: “The leaders of the 16 political parties of your alliance must be ready to subjugate. That is when the people of Niger will now have choice. We hope every nation in the continent will need from our example.”

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It Is Time To Make More Sacrifices, Buhari Tells Politicians

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 The President-elect Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said the time had come to make more sacrifices and deliver on the promises made to the electorate.

Buhari said this when a delegation of All Progressives Congress (APC) politicians from Kogi and Kwara states paid him a courtesy visit at the party presidential campaign headquarters in Abuja. He said it was time to restore security and confidence in the people who placed their trust in the party by voting its candidates at various levels.

He added that “I want to appeal to you to work with your colleagues across the country to ensure that we maintain and sustain this unexpected gains in the best interest of our country.

“It is time to make a lot more sacrifices. You are the real foot soldiers and you have the constituencies in your hands.”

Buhari then urged those who won election on the platform of the APC at different levels to ensure that they made impact on the electorate. He said “let us make sacrifices and deliver on what we promised the people to make our jobs as members of the executive much easier.

“People should feel secure in Nigeria. Let us give confidence to the people who voted us in no matter who you are, you should get justice.

“Whatever we can do in terms of social services, healthcare and security should be done, that is all they need.”

The president-elect expressed gratitude to the electorate in the constituencies as he recalled the political structures which collapsed into forming the APC on the day he visited the area. Governor Abdulfattah Ahmed of Kwara, who led his state’s APC delegation, pledged allegiance to Buhari’s government in his congratulatory message. He recalled that the North-Central played a major role in ensuring that Buhari got block votes from the region in the March 28 elections.

Former Kogi Governor, Abubakar Audu, who led the Kogi delegation, assured Buhari of 100 per cent support as the state was now an “APC stronghold”. Audu said should Buhari wish to stay in office beyond 2019, the state would spearhead his campaigns.

Credit:  NAN