The victory of All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Senator Bola Tinubu, is a plus to the advancement of the country’s democracy.
Like other well-meaning Nigerians, we wish to commend the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for making the votes of Nigerian people count.
The APC fielded a sellable candidate in the person of Tinubu as well as his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, and the import of our good thinking is the victory at hand.
A Tinubu presidency will deepen democracy as a fulcrum of socio-economic development.
In this vein, we urge political parties and other critical stakeholders to, as a matter of patriotism, join hands in the onerous task of moving the nation forward.
There is no perfect democracy anywhere in the world. Therefore, we call on the opposition to focus on the merits of last Saturday’s presidential poll and eschew any act capable of derailing our democratic gains since the country returned to civil rule in 1999.
Every contest must produce losers and winners. In any case, the fact that a candidate lost does not foreclose the fact that he/she can win another time.
The emergence of four front runners in the just concluded presidential election is a derivative from the level-playing ground provided by the Buhari’s administration.
This is therefore calling on all and sundry in the country to remain calm and law-abiding citizens ahead of a civilian-to-civilian handover on May 29.
Hon. Usman Ibrahim, National Coordinator, Muhammadu Buhari/ Osinbajo Dynamic Support Group
