The presidential flag bearer of the United Progressive Party (UPP), Chief Chekwas Okorie, has condemned the threats of war attributed to supporters of the President Goodluck Jonathan.
He said there was no big deal if the President failed to clinch his second term ticket in the forthcoming elections as he would not be the first person to be defeated as incumbent President.
Addressing newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday, Okorie expressed concern over the comments of leaders of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in what had become very crude and provocative altercations in the name of elections’ campaign.
He said it was more worrisome that this trend had assumed more dangerous momentum after the Abuja peace agreement which all the political parties and their presidential candidates signed.
Okorie said: “If Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is defeated in this election which is what I’m working hard to achieve as a contestant for the office of President, he will not be the first incumbent to lose in an election. There is no reason to threaten the corporate existence of Nigeria because of his failure to win in a democratic contest.
“In the same token, if Gen. Muhammadu Buhari is defeated in the 2015 general election, he will not be the first person to lose election after four attempts. The legendry Abraham Lincoln, a one- time President of the United States of America, achieved his ambition to be President in his sixth attempt at presidential elections.
“If I win the 2015 presidential election, which is my desire and ambition in this contest, I will not be the first to cause an upset in such contest and win the election. There is no reason any of these scenarios should cause a national insurrection”.
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