The Governor of Niger State in North Central Nigeria, Sani Bello, has enjoined the President-elect of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, his Vice Kashim Shettima and all other elected candidates across party lines to see their victory as opportunity to serve and most importantly, unite the nation to greatness.
Governor Sani Bello in a statement by his spokesperson Mary Noel Berje, described the victory as “the dawn of a renewed hope” to Nigerians.
The Governor also called on those who lost in the elections to accept the outcome in good fate, put any differences aside and join hands with the winners for the overall benefit of the country.
“I congratulate the President elect, his Vice and all those who won in the last Saturday’s elections. I urge you to be magnanimous in victory for the unity and development of our nation.
“I also explore those that lost the elections, to please put that behind them for the peace of our nation”, he said.
The Niger State Governor who commended the electoral umpire for a successful exercise, said though the process is not a perfect one, the votes of the people counted to a great extent compared to the previous elections in Nigeria.
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was declared winner in the just concluded Presidential election in Nigeria by the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu.
Tinubu of the APC, polled 8,794,726 votes to defeat his closest rivals of Atiku Abubakar of the PDP who scored 6,984,520, Peter Obi of the LP who had 6,101,533 votes and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso who got 1, 496, 687 votes.
