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Title : Lokoja/Kogi bye-election: SDP concedes defeat, congratulates APC
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Lokoja/Kogi bye-election: SDP concedes defeat, congratulates APC
The Social Democratic Party candidate in the Auguat 11 bye-election into Lokoja/Kogi Federal constituency, Umar Imam, has congratulated the winner of the election, Haruna Isah of the All Progressives Congress.Imam, who was also the immediate past Speaker of the Kogi House of Assembly, congratulated Isah in a statement issued in Lokoja on Wednesday.
Imam, in the statement he personally signed, said that his decision to congratulate Isah of the APC was borne out of political philosophy of service to the people.
He, however, said that the election “left us some bitter lessons and terrible experience, alien to our politics and dangerous to our democracy.”
Imam commended his supporters for standing firm in the face provocation and intimidation, admonishing them to remain loyal and steadfast.
He then warned that those who “`cheaply sold their votes to refrain if they want the country to get it right.’’
The former Speaker also called on the youths to shun political thuggery and invest their energy in productive ventures that can ultimately benefit them and the nation.
The SDP candidate expressed sadness over the violence that erupted in some parts of Lokoja during the election in which two persons lost their lives.
“Their death is painful and unfortunate. May Allah repose their souls and grant their families the fortitude to bear the loss.
“Also, to everyone who suffered any manner of pain or intimidation during the election, I empathise and pray for their quick healing.
“Freely or dubiously, a winner has been declared by INEC, and I have formally called to congratulate him. This is my politics, as I abhor ‘do or die’ politics,’’ he said.
(NAN)
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