All Progressives Congress (APC) party supporters rally as they celebrate the re-election of the incumbent president and the leader of APC, in Kano on February 27, 2019. – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari said his re-election was “free and fair”, after his beaten rival denounced the results as a “sham” and promised a legal challenge that could dominate politics for weeks. The 76-year-old one-time military ruler’s victory was confirmed late on February 26, 2019, after rescheduled polling blamed on logistical difficulties. (Photo AFP)
By Omeiza Ajayi
ABUJA – The Allied Congress Party of Nigeria ACPN has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari “on his well deserved victory at the just concluded presidential election”, urging him to form a Government of National Unity.
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ACPN was one of the political parties that adopted President Buhari as its candidate, promising to massively mobilize for his re-election.
In a statement yesterday in Abuja, National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Ganiyu Galadima also called on the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Atiku Abubakar, to concede defeat or channel his grievances through appropriate quarters without letting them degenerate into a security threat to the country.
Galadima said: “President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory is a well deserved one, considering his popularity, acceptance across board and his performances in the last three and half years. We as a party had expressed our support for him even before the election and we thank God that our support did not go in vain.
“We, therefore, urge Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the PDP to see Buhari’s victory as the will of the majority of Nigerians. The people have spoken. We expect him as a democrat to concede defeat and move on, bearing in mind that it is God that gives power.
“We also believe that Alhaji Abubakar and his party have rights to challenge the outcome but we advise that such should be done in a peaceful manner without putting the security of Nigeria and Nigerians at risk.”
While setting agenda for President Muhammadu Buhari, the ACPN asked the President-elect “to do everything possible to unite the country, possibly by forming a Government of National Unity which will bring on board all stakeholders that have something to offer the nation.
“We believe that President Buhari should do more on the area of insecurity beyond the Northeast. Energy should be deployed to ensure that the nation’s economy is revamped and the social safety nets should be improved upon to better the lives of Nigerians especially the elderly and the unemployed.”
The party also urged Nigerians to be more patriotic by coming out en -mass during the remaining elections in a peaceful manner to exercise their franchise.
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