An elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, has hailed the
emergence of Bola Tinubu as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives
Congress.
In a congratulatory message on Thursday, Yakasai said
history will be made if Tinubu emerges as the president of the country.
The elder statesman said Tinubu’s emergence as president
would signify “the total break away” from military influence in Nigeria’s
polity.
He said, “The election of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the
APC Presidential Bearer is indeed an important political development in our
country. This transition will lead us to a full-pledged democracy, a milestone
of an acclaimed figure and political Juggernaut of the APC National Leader to a
National Leader of Nigeria.
“When Asiwaju, a sage, is eventually elected as the
President of the country in the forthcoming Presidential Elections, history
shall be made in our contemporary political development for a number of
reasons.
“Paramount and if elected as President of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju’s election victory will signify the complete and
total break away from military influence in our polity which will bring about
the return of the country to a full pledge democratic tradition and practice
for the first time since the return of civilian rule in 1999.
“It will also constitute a stamp of validation of the 1914
amalgamation of the people of Northern and Southern protectorates by the entire
people of Nigeria of their own free will.
“It is gratifying to note that this is the first time the
major Political Parties are fielding non-military actors as their Presidential
standard-bearers.
“Therefore it is important to appeal to all candidates vying
for various political positions in the country to commit themselves to the
principles of playing politics according to the rule of the game, eschew
politics of bitterness, violence and do away with the culture of thuggery in
our political activism and return the country to the path of civility in the
conduct of partisan politics.
“May their emergence be the harbinger of the return to
politics of decorum, without bitterness as well as the beginning of the arduous
task of finding a better strategy that will enhance the needed national unity,
peaceful coexistence and cohesion in our country a prerequisite for genuine
nation-building.
“I pray that the coming general elections will be conducted
in a peaceful atmosphere free from violence. It is our hope that the National
Electoral Commission will conduct the election in a peaceful, credible manner
devoid of rigging and manipulation.”
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