Buhari, Saraki congratulates Obaseki over electoral victory
President Muhammadu Buhari and the former Senate president, Senator Bukola Saraki on Sunday, congratulated Governor, Godwin Obaseki for emerging victorious in last Saturday gubernatorial election in Edo state.
Buhari offered his congratulatory message in a statement signed by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity, Garba Shehu.
“I have consistently advocated for free and fair elections in the country; because it is the bedrock of true democratic order.
“Democracy will mean nothing if the votes of the people don’t count or if their mandate is fraudulently tampered with.”
The immediate past President of the Senate, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, said Governor Obaseki’s re-election would have several implications for Nigeria’s democracy.
In a statement issued by his Media Office in Abuja, Saraki stated that Obaseki’s victory represented the determination of the Edo people to decide who governs them and to ensure their votes count at all times.
“The result of the Edo election represents the true wish of the people who stood firmly behind their Governor against power mongers who were determined to foist their choice on the people. It represents the will of the people to vote in free, fair, credible, and peaceful elections.
“Edo people, who had sleepless nights in an attempt to protect their votes, those who rejected the cash they were offered to buy their votes and the intimidation to force them to compromise their belief, deserve our praise. Therefore, my congratulations go to all the people of Edo State.
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