Abdulai Bangurah, chairman of the Political Parties Regulation Commission (PPRC) in Sierra Leone, has urged politicians in the country to emulate the conduct of Peter Obi of the Labour Party in the last presidential election in Nigeria.
He said this on Sunday at a press conference addressed by the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL), the Office of National Security (ONS) and the PPRC.
Politics Nigeria reports that Sierra Leoneans voted in presidential, parliamentary and local elections on Saturday, June 24.
Bangurah said that Obi’s call on his teeming supporters to shun violence averted disaster in the aftermath of the announcement of the presidential election result.
The PPRC chairman said:
“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.
“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 in that way, he was able to save his country from chaos.
“So we will encourage 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.”
