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Ex-Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has reacted to the victory of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu at the Saturday’s elections.
In a statement on Wednesday, he congratulated Tinubu on his emergence as Nigeria’s next president.
According to him, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar should accept the outcome of the election.
In a tweet, he wrote: “I congratulate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on his election as the next President of Nigeria.
“As the presidential election comes to an end, I urge other contestants, especially Atiku Abubakar to accept the outcome in the overall interest of our country. There will always be another day.”
It will be recalled that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Tinubu winner of Saturday’s presidential election.
Tinubu secured a total of 8,794,726 votes, while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) finished in second place with 6,984,520 votes.
Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) came third with 6,101,533 vote
