As a Democrat, Bola Tinubu, the candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC), says he must accept the results of the 2023 election.
The former governor of Lagos State also stated that democracy’s beauty can be seen in Peter Obi’s triumph over his Labour Party (LP) rival in the state.
In addition, Tinubu urged his supporters to be calm and uphold peace, saying Obi’s victory in Lagos shouldn’t be a cause for agitation.
“The APC candidate further said that as a democrat he is bound to accept the outcome of any election whether favourable or not,” said a statement by the Director, Media & Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Bayo Onanuga on Monday.
Tinubu also expressed serious concern over reports of violence in parts of the state especially reported attacks on some traders of Igbo origin.
The former Lagos State Governor condemned any form of violence against people of any ethnic group in Lagos.
“The fact that the APC narrowly lost Lagos State to another party should not be the reason for violence. As a democrat, you win some, you lose some. We must allow the process to continue unhindered across the country while we maintain peace and decorum,” the statement said.
Obi defeated the former governor of Lagos State, who received 572,606 votes, with a vote total of 582,454.
From 1999 to 2007, the state’s governor was based in Lagos. Obi also defeated Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria People’s Party and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) (NNPP).
Atiku received 75,750 votes and Kwankwaso received 8,442.
Though Tinubu won 11 local government areas in the state Obi won the overall votes in the state, with a landslide victory in nine powerful local governments with numerical strength including Alimosho, Ojo and Oshodi-Isolo, Kosofe, Amuwo Odofin, amongst others.
The accredited votes in the state are 1,347,452, the total valid votes are 1,271,451, rejected votes 64,278 and the total votes cast 1,335,729.
Source: The Independent Ghana