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Sportsmanship
By Deborah Ogedemgbe
Igarra (Edo), Sept. 28, 2016 (NAN) An Octogenarian, Chief Joseph Braimoh, in Uneme Nekhua near Igarra in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area, advised candidates in Wednesday’s governorship election in Edo to embrace sportsmanship in the contest.
Braimoh, 80, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) shortly after voting in the community located in Ward 9 in the local government area.
He said that in any contest, the winner should be magnanimous enough to accommodate the losers in his team, using their good ideas to complement his development plans.
He said that if politicians adopted his advice, it would promote peaceful coexistence among the people, and engender political stability and economic growth in the country.
Braimoh, a retired school principal, said that he decided to exercise his franchise because he wanted to be part of the process of development “through leadership by example”.
Also, the member representing Akoko-Edo Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, Mr Peter Akpatason, commended Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) peaceful conduct of the poll.
Akpatason said that he was glad that the peaceful process would produce the next governor of the people’s choice.
He pointed out that the large turnout of voters was a clear testimony that the people had become more politically-consciousness of their right. (NAN)
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Edited by Kevin Okunzuwa and controlled by Olisa Ifeajika