The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, says the ruling party is confident of winning the July 16 Osun State governorship election.

Adamu said this during the inauguration of the 86-member APC National Campaign Council for the election in Abuja on Thursday.

The APC chairman said although the election might be a little bit tougher than the Ekiti governorship election, the party was certain of victory at the end.

“No stone must be left unturned,we must do all within the law to win, my tolerance level and that of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) for failure is zero.

“Nobody should come back crying, we must win Osun,” Adamu said.

He added that the Ekiti and the Osun governorship elections would prepare ground for the party’s victory in the 2023 general election.

“We have Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as our 2023 presidential candidate, these elections are first step to 2023, we must start preparing for 2023 now, we must show our capacity,” the APC chairman stated.

Adamu said Nigerians have chosen the APC as their preferred party, hence the need for the leadership of the party to measure up.

He added: “There is no option to wining the national election and these state election is like I said, forebears to the national election.

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“We must show those who love us by showing those who are our adversaries in the strongest possible way that we are in control.

“No apologise to anybody, we are the party in government, the reality is that Nigerians had chosen the APC and we will do everything we can to retain this position of envy.”

Adamu, however, urged the campaign council to show commitment in its assignment, saying: “We are winning the battle of the states, but the real war to be won is the presidential election in 2023.

“And I do hope that we will not spare efforts to ensure that we come back victorious.”

Speaking, the co-chair of the council and governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, appreciated the APC NWC for the appointment.

Ganduje further congratulated the Ekiti State governor-elect, Biodun Oyebanji, for his victory at the election.

He, however, assured of the readiness of the council to would work around-the-clock to ensure victory at Osun election, saying reconciling all aggrieved party members in the state was important.

The governor, therefore, called for unity among all stakeholders for victory in the Osun election.

“The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may have money bags, but we have strategy bags to win the election,” he said.

The council was headed by Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, while the members include Governors, Abubakar Sani Bello (Niger), Abubakar Atiku (Kebbi), Abubakar Badaru (Jigawa), among others.

The Star