By David Kabiyesi
The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appealed to the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party to accept defeat as true democrats should.
Fielding questions from reporters during visits to president Buhari in Daura, Kastina State, Tinubu admitted that defeat can be provocative, but true democrats would accept defeat no matter how painful.
The duo of Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar are heading to court after alleging that the election process was tampered with due to the absence of BVAS.
“I came to present the certificate of return to him (Buhari) as the party leader and commend his efforts in supporting democracy in Africa, this is the largest democracy in Africa and he couldn’t have done any better, we are lucky there is no incident, there is no accident, and no matter how provocative a defeat is, we still have to tolerate it because we are democrats and we are trying to build a nation.”
“The calmness and commitment and the fact that after voting, he taught us again dedication to our party by displaying his ballot papers, loyalty to the party and being ready to create a future for all of us and no matter how tempting the problem of democracy is, he is following the process, building a successor and ready to hand over peacefully, you know in Africa it’s a big deal you know.”
Tinubu also revealed that he has received a goodwill message from French President, Emmanuel Macron.
