Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo state, says Bola Tinubu,
the president-elect, has set up a committee to meet with presidential
candidates of other parties for reconciliation.
He said the committee comprises elders of the ruling All
Progressives Congress (APC).
Akeredolu spoke on Wednesday in Abuja during the
presentation of the certificate of return to Tinubu and Kashim Shetima, vice
president-elect.
Tinubu secured 8,794,726 votes to defeat Atiku Abubakar of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who got 6,984,520 votes, and Peter Obi of
the Labour Party (LP) who polled 6,101,533 votes.
In a statement signed by Richard Olatunde, his chief press
secretary, Akeredolu said the election reflects the wishes of the electorate.
The governor added that every aggrieved person will be met
for reconciliation.
“The president-elect has set up committees to meet with the
gentlemen who contested in the election for us to start the healing process. I
belong to one of the committees. We are going to meet them and appeal to them
so that we can work together,” he said.
“This is an election
that was not padded. People who voted were counted, that is the way I see it,
not one which shows millions of votes. You can see the candidates, everyone won
12 states each, it has never been like that before.”
The governor said the votes recorded by APC candidates in
Ondo show the love of the people for his administration, adding that the people
“willingly” supported his clamour for a southern president
“Ondo people are progressives and we will always, at least,
be on the side of progressivism. From the onset, we were at the forefront of
clamour for a southern president and so we have to put everything we had into
it and we got the support, that is why we are able to make it,” he said.
The result of the presidential election announced by INEC does not in any way reflect the wishes of Nigerian people. The victory is a stolen one. It might be easy to rejoice now but you will surely pay for this injustice. Prof Yakubu, you have murdered sleep of democracy and only God can determine what happens to you next, sorry i have just been informed that you have been handed over to Satan for pre-torment. For doing this to the wishes of Nigerians,.......
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to the President Elect.
ReplyDeleteTo put my position straight. The independent Electoral Commission let Nigeria down. This is not the true reflection of conducting free and fair election and it is not acceptable.