PDP Campaigners Should Be Ashamed – Presidency Mocks PDP Over APC Victory In Bye-Elections

Presidency Celebrates Victory In Kwara, Katsina And Bauchi States

The Presidency has described the victory of the All Progressives Congress in the November 17 bye elections as a sign of things to come in the 2019 elections.

Recall how the political landscape of Kwara had been controlled by Senate President Bukola Saraki who is a Peoples Democratic Party member and before him, Olusola Saraki, his late father.

But on Saturday, the APC defeated the PDP to win the house of representatives bye-election in the state as earlier reported by Naija News.

The ruling party also won the bye-elections in Katsina and Bauchi states.

Mallam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, said the APC victory in the three states had shattered any assumptions of a PDP return to power in 2019.

According to the presidential aide, the APC victory should be a blow for PDP campaigners who have maintained that by merely claiming that they have rebranded, Nigerians will have forgotten all the mess they left behind in 2015.

He said: “By voting overwhelmingly for the ruling APC, Nigerians have shown their confidence in the Muhammadu Buhari administration, and their willingness for continuation of this government and its policies.

“This clear show of support can only be a synopsis of what Nigerians should expect in the forthcoming elections, at all levels.

“I would like to use this opportunity to remind Nigerians that there will always be a winner and a loser in every election, an individual and a party with the highest votes and another with the lowest.

“That is what democracy is about. Therefore, all aspirants should approach elections with the mindset that they could either win or lose.

“Accepting results only when one wins and challenging results each time one loses, is not the right attitude. It is certainly not what democracy is about.’’

The presidential aide thanked the people of Katsina, Kwara and Bauchi States for their show of support during and after the bye-elections.

“On behalf of President Buhari, I thank the people of Katsina, Kwara and Bauchi States for their show of support over the weekend.

“I thank Nigerians all over the country for believing in this government and in its determined effort to pull our nation out of the mess left behind by 16 years of PDP government, and into the greatness that is our destiny,’’ he added.