The Allied Business Community Nsukka has called on the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the April 11 election, Barr. Okey Ezea to accept the outcome of the exercise in good faith.
They pleaded with politicians in the State to take a cue from President Goodluck Jonathan, who according to them “lost as an incumbent president but did not hesitate to concede defeat.
The group, which made its position known, Monday, at a press briefing in Enugu, was speaking in apparent reference to Ezea’s insistence that he would challenge the result at the election tribunal.
It could be re-called that Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was declared winner of the guber election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
However, the President of the Allied Business Community, Comrade Augustine Okagu, who addressed journalists alongside the organization’s secretary and one of its patron, Comrade Ojobo Godwin and Comrade Theophilus Nzuteigbo, respectively, urged Ezea to bury the hatchet and partner with Ugwuanyi to move the State forward.
While re-calling that it had before the election played host to candidates of both political parties, Okagu said, “now that the election is over and a winner has emerged, we congratulate Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of the PDP and equally ask our brother Barr. Okey Ezea to accept the outcome in the interest of our State.
“We have no doubt in Ugwuanyi’s ability to justify the mandate that has been given to him by the people of Enugu State. What is required at this point is for all the good people of this state, irrespective of political inclinations, to help in creating an enabling environment for him to work.
“Our stand at this post-election period is anchored on the principle of no victor, no vanquished. This is necessary because the two candidates are from Nsukka and it will not do us any favour to continue fighting even at this period.
“We urge Ezea to jettison the idea of challenging the election at the tribunal so as to avoid anything that would distract the governor-elect from satisfying the aspirations of the Nsukka people in particular and Enugu residents in general”.
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