… thanks, Nigerians, Buhari, others for mandate, support

By Francis Ekeh

The President-elect, Bola Tinubu has appealed to the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar; Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi and New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso and other presidential candidates in the just concluded 2023 election to team up with him in nation building.

The chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu in the early hours of Wednesday declared Tinubu the winner of the 2023 general election

The President-elect polled 8, 794, 726 to defeat Atiku who scored 6,984, 520 and Obi who garnered, 6,101,533 while Kwankwaso got 1,496,687.

In his acceptance speech at APC Presidential Campaign Council Secretariat in Abuja, Tinubu appealed to his fellow contestants to put the election behind them and join him in task of making Nigeria a better country.

He promised to work with Nigerians of different creeds to make the country a destiny of returning home to contribute to national development.

“This is a serious mandate, I hereby accept it. To serve you and not to be your leader. To work with you and make Nigeria a great. I appeal to my fellow contestants to let us team together.

“It is the only nation we have. It is one country that we must build together. To build together, we must work for the unity of the country. We must not work as that orchestra that does not have a conductor, and we have elected a conductor.

“I promise I will work with you to make Nigeria a destiny of returning home to contribute to the development of the country,” he said.

Tinubu reiterated his commitment to the development of all sectors of the economy and particularly assured the youths that under his presidency, there will be no strikes, hence their four years programme will be sacrosanct.

The President-elect, thanked Nigerians for given him the mandate, stressing that he will be the president for all and irrespective of party and other affiliations.

He also thanked President Muhammadu Buhari and his family, the national leadership of the APC, the Progressive Governors Forum, the APC campaign council and all party faithful for his victory and success of the party at polls.