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The presidential candidate of Africa Democratic Congress, ADC, Dumebi Kachikwu has congratulated Bola Ahmed Tinubu for being declared president-elect by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
In a statement Kachikwu described INEC’s pronouncement of Tinubu as winner of the keenly contested election as a victory well deserved.
Kachikwu, who came fifth at the poll with 81,019 votes, said the opposition worked at cross purposes and therefore failed to unseat a poor-performing ruling party.
Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, polled 8794,726 votes to win the very keen contest.
Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, came second with 6,984,520 votes while Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, scored 6,101,533 votes and finished in third place.
Senator Rabiu Kwakwanso of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, came fourth with 1,496,687 votes.
See below the full text of his message.
The victory of Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu in the just concluded Presidential Polls is a clear case of consistency and preparation meets opportunity. Asiwaju, a dogged fighter with a mastery of the Nigerian political system took advantage of a disunited opposition some of whom were running purely on the divisive platforms of ethnicity and religion.
The distortions occasioned by the rigging done by the four so called leading parties were not significant enough to have altered the outcome of this election. I long warned that any vote for the Labour Party was a vote in support of an APC victory.
The PDP and Labour Party candidates failed to show leadership when they refused to put aside petty differences to build a formidable opposition to take on a non-performing sitting government. They now seek to form an alliance of sore losers after defeat.
Asiwaju’s victory is a lesson to segments of the clergy who provided their places of worship as campaign platforms. We must separate thus saith the Lord from our biases and personal convictions. If they seek to clean up the political space, they must first look within. Most of those who lead us can be found there on Friday’s and Sunday’s.
Are we a nation of sinners in search of a saint or a nation of the lost in search of a leader? Asiwaju’s victory answers this question.
This election has been won and lost, Nigeria and Nigerians must now move forward. All hands must be on deck in this onerous task of nation building. We remain Nigerians. God bless us all.
Source: TheStreetJournal | Read More from Thestreetjournal.org
