The Independent Support group for Tinubu-Shetima ‘Patriot Roundtable’ has called on Nigerians to embrace a peaceful campaign without malice.
The Group’s National Coordinator, Prince Uthman Dosunmu- Shodipe made the call in Lagos state.
He said the group’s agenda is predicated on the unifying core of the Nigerian State where Truth, Justice, Fairness and equitable balance are the guiding principles of the state.
Dosunmu-Sodipe said, “no nation endures for long without a unifying sense of national cohesive balance, without a common value and defined destination.”
He said; “The struggle ahead of the 2023 elections is now firm and sure. The race has started. The major protagonists and their acolytes are flung on the democratic field, manoeuvring, strategizing, coupling up their playbook to clinch the ultimate trophy.”
“But there can be only one President. There can be only one unifying leadership.”
Dosunmu-Sodipe emphasised that all Nigerians have the right to choose without intimidation or threat, stressing that the campaign should be carried out with total adherence to peace without recourse to violence.
According to him, Democracy is about the genuine mandate of the ballot box with a peaceful process of electing the leadership of our country.
He said; “It’s about repositioning our nation into the ambit of an enlightened, peaceful realm. That’s what validates democracy’s moral supremacy over autocracy or dictatorship.”
“The Patriots Roundtable has made a choice in the approbation of the presidential ticket of Tinubu -Shettima because we have resolved that inherent in this pan-Nigerian ticket is the widening of the democratic space, the cultivation of talented men and women to enhance our economic growth and prosperity, to ensure the banishment of banditry, the eclipse of lawlessness and the strengthening of the general welfare.”
“This is the Tinubu -Shettima vision as expressed in their manifesto that we embrace and encourage Nigerians to give it a hearing. The journey has started. Let’s walk together on this patriotic path,” added.
Mercy Chukwudiebere
