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President Goodluck Jonathan has asked members of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who were defeated in the party's recent primary elections to have a spirit of sportsmanship.He stated this at a dinner in Abuja at the weekend where he formally dissolved the Jonathan/Sambo Campaign Organisation, which handled his campaign for the primaries.Apparently jolted by the rate at which failed aspirants on the party's platform were defecting to other parties as well as the threat by others to do so, Mr Jonathan said such action does not only portray them as non-committed members, but amounts to anti-party activities.

Vice President Namadi Sambo in his remarks called on party members to join hands to ensure the collective victory of the party at the general elections while also reaffirming the ‘one man one vote' assurance of the government.

Also speaking, Senate President, David Mark urged the losers to behave like Hillary Clinton by joining the winners to campaign for the victory of the party.

Scores of PDP members across the federation who lost during the governorship, senatorial, House of Representatives and State House of Assembly primaries have either left the party or are at the verge of leaving.