Former Chairman of Oshodi Local
Government Area of Lagos State, Mr Idris Bolaji Muse Ariyoh has called on
members of the All Progressive Congress(APC), to shun violence and
embrace peace for the party to move forward.
Mr Ariyoh who was speaking in
respect of the crisis that rocked the party during the last
councillorship primaries in the oshodi area of state where a chieftain of
the party , Mr Razak Bello, aka Hamburger ,was shot dead, said it was
regrettable that the last councillorship primaries in Oshodi LGA
ended in crisis .
In a press statement, signed by him
, Ariyoh said It was quite unfortunate that, "despite our collective
effort to broker peace among all the interest groups ,the primary ended
in chaos and eventually claimed the life of one of our party's staunch
supporters in Shogunle, Chief Razak Bello (Hamburger).
Hamburger was a valuable and highly
respected member of APC."The effect of his death is being felt already by
those of us who had the honor to work with him. My heartfelt condolences to his
family and I pray that his soul rests in peace.
Ariyoh noted further, " our
party had directed that councillorship aspirants should emerge via
consensus to avoid chaos within the interested political caucus in Oshodi which
the LGA executive and party leaders subcribed to, unfortunately few
people disrupted the exercise.
"We should always allow the
party interest to supercede our personal interests and that is only the way
the party can move forward. "Let us understand that in a democracy,
there must be disagreement and divergent views, but the way we resolve
issues make us a great party."I believe in peace and I stand against
impositions in any form and I will continue to support efforts by party
leaders to achieve peace in Oshodi. Violence will never be
the best way to resolve any issue .
We should remain calm as Governor
Akinwunmi Ambode has assured that the perpetrators of the ugly
incident would be brought to book soon and he has put adequate security
in place to secure life and property in the community."
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