Ogboru hails Fayemi for conceding defeat to Fayose

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Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) governorship candidate in Delta State in 2011, Great Ogboru, has tasked politicians to emulate the sportsmanship displayed by Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State in the just concluded governorship election in the state.

He said in a statement in Lagos on Monday that Fayemi deserved praise for readily accepting the outcome of the election.

Fayemi who contested the election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had sent a congratulatory message to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Ayodele Fayose, who won the Saturday governorship poll.

“While I congratulate Fayose, I commend Fayemi for his courage to readily accept the outcome of the election and also for his achievements as governor.

“Fayemi’s show of sportsmanship is uncommon in the nation’s polity,’’ Ogboru noted.

His statement came as some residents in Nsukka also called on politicians to emulate the sportsmanship exhibited by Fayemi.

Residents who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) described the humility of Fayemi in conceding defeat as a show of patriotism and a demonstration that politics should not be a do-or-die affair.