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Senate President Ahmed Lawan has congratulated the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 general elections, Bola Tinubu.
Lawan said in a statement released on Wednesday that he was elated that the party’s presidential primary, held in Abuja between June 6 and 8, was free and fair.
He said his loss to Tinubu in the primary election showed that the former Lagos State governor was the party’s popular choice.
With Asiwaju as candidate, APC confident of victory in 2023 Presidential poll – Lawan pic.twitter.com/njgDcjod1g
— President of the Senate (@SPNigeria) June 8, 2022
Lawan explained he had put himself forward against Tinubu at the primary, believing that he had the knowledge base, ideas, experience, and desire to provide leadership for the nation.
According to him, Tinubu’s “glittering track record of public service, foresight and grit in party building and administration, and the courage” he has consistently shown in fighting for the entrenchment of democracy in the country fetched him the ticket.
The full text of the letter from Lawan stated;
Dear Asiwaju,
FELICITATIONS
The Presidential Primary of our great party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), for the 2023 General Election has come and gone.
I am elated and proud that the Presidential primary was manifestly free and fair, and conducted within our APC Family under a most convivial atmosphere.
The success of the event again demonstrates the capacity of our great party to run its internal affairs smoothly and devoid of rancour.
As Your Excellency is aware, I offered myself alongside your good self and other patriotic members of the party to fly its highly coveted flag in the 2023 presidential election.
I did so in the belief that I have the knowledge base, ideas, experience, and desire to provide leadership for our dear country at these most trying times.
However, the outcome of the election process has shown that Your Excellency is the popular choice of our party for that assignment.
I do not have an iota of doubt in the wisdom of that decision by our Party’s delegates from across the country.
GLITTERING RECORDS
Your glittering track record of public service, foresight, and grit in party building and administration, as well as the courage you continue to demonstrate in fighting for the entrenchment of democracy in Nigeria make you worthy of the high esteem and trust of our party members everywhere in Nigeria as exhibited at the National Convention.
It is on this note that I heartily congratulate you on your well-deserved victory at the primary.
With your credentials, experience, antecedents, and political sagacity, our great party will go into the 2023 contest, confident of victory.
As a loyal party member, I remain committed to the party at all times and will always be available to work for its success.
Once again, I congratulate Your Excellency on your well-deserved nomination as the standard-bearer of our party and, Insha Allah, the next President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
Suzan O.
