By Clifford Ndujihe & Olayinka Ajayi

ELDER Statesman, Chief Ayo Adebanjo; Second Republic Politician and lawyer, Chief Guy Ikokwu; and National Chairman of the United Progressive Party, UPP, Chief Chekwas Okorie, yesterday, shared their thoughts on the outcome of the presidential polls and what they expect from President Muhammadu Buhari in his second term.

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I expect him to consolidate achievements of his first tenure – Chekwas Okorie

Chief Okorie said he expects the President to improve on what he achieved since 2015. “I expect him to consolidate years of his first tenure in terms of agricultural revolution, fighting corruption with greater vigour and intensity as he is already on the right track, increase power supply, the momentum should be sustained until we have a regular and sustainable power supply as it is the heart of an economic development.

He promised to form an inclusive government in his acceptance speech, we expect him to give every part of Nigeria a sense of belonging that will breed national unity and equity. Nigerians should give him maximum corporation as his victory is for Nigeria and not just Buhari. I don’t expect Nigerians to be fighting like campaigns are not over, so criticism must be constructive.”

I don’t expect anything positive from this government – Pa Adebanjo

However, Pa Adebanjo, who is a chieftain of the Pan Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, said he was not expecting anything positive from the All Progressives Congress, APC-led government. His words: “I do not expect anything from a party that openly marred the electoral process. We have photos where security agents were preventing the electorates from voting. We have clips where ballot boxes and papers were set ablaze. So, what else do you want me to expect from such a government?”

Yoruba, Ijaw, Ibibio, Igbo and Middle-Belters now more bonded – Ikokwu

On his part, Chief Guy Ikokwu, expects the struggle for restructuring of the country to true federalism to be intensified. He said that the outcome of the presidential election has shown a firmer bond among the Yoruba, Ijaw, Ibibio, Igbo and Middle-Belters and urged them to turn out more for the March 9 governorship and states assembly polls.

Ikokwu, who is the president of Pan Ndigbo National Forum, PNF, and member of the SW, SS, SE, Middle-Belt and Northern Elders Leaders Forum, urged voters not to be discouraged by what he described as ”turbulence in the land” arising from the presidential poll.

He said: ”There is turbulence in the land right now. The results really show that some areas of the country have emancipated themselves from looming bondage. The real spread shows that the South West, South South, South East and Middle belt zones are bonded more firmly now than before. The Yorubas, Ijaws, Ibibios, Igbos, MiddleBelters are more than ever determined to transform and restructure the governance system of Nigeria into a truly federal nation.

The coming state elections must be better with higher voter turnout in the South West, South South, South East and MiddleBelt. The far North are presently suppressed internally and they know it in Sokoto, Zamfara, Kaduna, Kano, Yobe, Jigawa, Kastina, Bauchi and Borno due to insecurity. Their elites are more educated today after 60years and are not applauding their present calamities and want to free their people to rise to greater heights.”