Urges him to extend hands of fellowship to other candidates
From Priscilla Ediare, Ado Ekiti
The Ekiti State Coordinator, Contact and Mobilisation Committee Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council for the February 25 presidential election, Hon Bamidele Faparusi, has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the success of the presidential and National Assembly elections, saying despite the daunting challenges that confronted the commission, it still ensured the credibility of the process.
The All Progressives Congress chieftain congratulated the APC candidate and President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on his victory in the election, adding he fought a good fight to have emerged the winner.
According to the former member of the House of Representatives, “Tinubu’s electoral victory is the true reflection of the will of Nigerians. The people of Nigeria have spoken very loudly that their choice is Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.”
He urged the President-Elect to extend hands of fellowship to other candidates in the contest, to promote national unity and reconciliations.
Faparusi, in a statement he personally signed and provided to reporters in Ado-Ekiti, on Wednesday, entitled, “Tinubu’s victory will of the people: PDP and LP are bad losers”, said:
“I want to commend INEC for the success of the Presidential and National Assembly elections, considering the daunting challenges being faced to ensure the credibility of the process, we are all unaware of various moves by both PDP and Labour Party to compromise the results of the election through cloned INEC servers.
“International communities and civil society organisations should not be deceived and misled by fake reports discrediting the outcome of one of the freest and fairest elections this country has ever conducted in recent times. If you look at the pattern of the results, you will realise that the outcome of that presidential election is the true reflection of the will of Nigerians. The people of Nigeria have spoken very loudly that their choice is Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. This is politics and not a wish game, therefore PDP and LP should not think they can force their wish on the country. If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
“I will expect a party like LP to consolidate on the electoral success recorded at the poll to build a more formidable opposition needed to ensure good governance by the APC rather than chasing shadow and displaying vain desperation.
“Mr Peter Obi and his followers should allow the votes of the people in the rural areas to count, winners of elections are not determined only by votes from the urban areas.
“Let me shock you that in most polling units in Ekiti State, LP does not have a polling agent let alone mobilisers, the votes recorded by LP are from the student environs of Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. and that is understandable.
‘I had predicted that Ekiti will give Asiwaju the highest percentage of votes and that LP will not get 10% in the State, and exactly what happened. So what are we saying, I was surprised when LP and PDP were challenging the outcome of our election in Ekiti. If we should have the election again 100 times, the outcome will only get worst for them.
“We congratulate the President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for fighting a good fight and winning, I want to urge him not to relent in his effort to extend hands of fellowship to other candidates that contested the election with him to foster national unity and reconciliations.”