“As we conclude this very successful convention of our great party, I know that our opponents in PDP and other opposition parties are now sulking, wearing long faces of sadness, bewilderment and dismay.”
The new national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Abdullhi Adamu, who made point at the national convention group in Abuja yesterday, March 26, said that people in the PDP and other opposition parties had been hoping and praying to make a fortune out of the APC misfortune. ”
“They had been hoping and praying to make a fortune out of our misfortunes. They were also hoping and praying to capitalize on assumed failures of our party to reap political benefits.”
He said that as God had turned the convention into a huge success, “we need to renew our faith in our party and its leadership at all levels in order to herald a new dawn.
“We need to commit to the resolution of our crisis within the confines of our party constitution. “We must resist the temptation to blow every minor personal disagreement into a major party crisis. It is time for us to do things differently.
“When we quarrel, we open our flanks to our rival political parties that are only too eager to exploit them for their own benefit.
Abdullhi Adamu stressed that as politicians “we are not strangers to gains, losses and disappointments with the outcome of every political contest.
“Let us show maturity and good sportsmanship and accept the outcome of this Convention with grace.
“Our party needs all hands on the steering wheel so that together we can steer the ship of state through the inclement weather of our divisive national politics to the promised land.”
The chairman, who thanked those who intended to lead the party but had to obey the leadership, for what he called: ” their spirit of sportsmanship,” saying: we will continue to count on their cooperation as loyal party members and patriots.”
He promised the new leadership will heal any wounds in the party and would effect lasting reconciliation among members, as well as going into the next general elections as a strong and united party.
“I offer my hands of friendship to all our members. I want to assure you that my colleagues and myself will run an open door policy to all members of the party.
