Following the successful conduct of Saturday Presidential election in Sierra Leone, Abdulai Bangura, the country’s chairman of the Political Parties Regulations Commission (PPRC) has urged politicians in the country to emulate Nigeria’s Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
Mr Bangura made this known at a press conference addressed by the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL), the Office of National Security (ONS) and the PPRC in Freetown Sunday afternoon.
Speaking about the essence of peaceful conduct among politicians as the election results are being awaited Sunday afternoon in Freetown, Mr Bangura urged Sierra Leone politicians to learn from Mr Obi and conduct themselves peacefully irrespective of the results.
He explained that Mr Obi’s choice of peaceful resolution of election concerns through legal means should be emulated by politicians in Sierra Leone.
“I have always referred to Peter Obi when he lost (the) election; we all know the promise he held when the elections were being conducted,” he said.
“Almost everybody who is anything in Nigeria (threw their) support. But when the results came out otherwise, he didn’t call his supporters to the street to wreak havoc. He took the legal path and by that way, he was able to save his country from chaos.
“So we will encourage all of our politicians to learn from that example. Leadership is about self-restraint, and leadership is about selflessness. So we expect that our politicians will demonstrate this. The process has been peaceful so far so let us continue to be peaceful and promote the interest of our country.”
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