By Oluwakayode Banjo, Adenitan Akinola
All Progressives Congress, APC in Oyo state has described the victory of the party’s Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in last Saturday’s election, as a victory for Nigeria.
Publicity Secretary of the party in the state, Alhaji Wasiu Sadare stated this in an interview with Radio Nigeria in Ibadan shortly after the Independent National Electoral Commission announced the results of the Presidential poll.
Alhaji Sadare admitted that though the journey was not easy, but God through the votes of Nigerians gave Asiwaju Tinubu the deserved victory at the polls.
Similarly, Coordinator of the All Progressives Congress APC Presidential Campaign Council and Gubernatorial Candidate of the party in Oyo State, Senator Teslim Folarin in a statement issued in Ibadan, said the election of Bola Tinubu as the next president of Nigeria marks a new dawn for real growth, development and prosperity for Oyo State and Nigeria in general.
Senator Folarin urged people of the state to consolidate their support for the All Progressives Congress by voting massively once again for the party in the gubernatorial and state assembly elections coming up on March 11, 2023.
On his part, Oyo state chairman of the Social Democratic party, SDP, Mr Michael Okunlade, while congratulating the winner of the presidential election, described last Saturday’s polls as fair but not free.
Mr Okunlade called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to learn from the problems encountered during the Presidential and National Assembly elections, to be able to deliver a free and credible elections, come 11th of March.
Also, a cross section of political actors in Osun State has continued to react to the declaration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the president-elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Those who spoke with Radio Nigeria correspondent maintained that the success of the election itself was a testimony that Nigerians were desirous of democratic rule and ready to sacrifice their resources for it.
A former INEC National Commissioner, Professor Lai Olurode described the success of the election as a further consolidation of the Nigeria democratisation agenda.
Professor Olurode congratulated President Mohamadu Buhari for providing a level playing field for all candidates, as well as all the candidates of political parties that participated in the election for making it competitive and democratic enough.
He also saluted Nigerians for their resilience and commitment to Democracy, while he commended the Nigeria media for the professional reportage of the exercise which doused tension.
Also commenting, the Chief Whip of Osun State House of Assembly, Mr Tunde Olatunji who submitted that the very keen nature of the contest as reflected in the results indicated that Nigerians could no longer be taken for granted.
Similarly, Chairman of Allied Peoples Movement, APM in Osun State, Mr Simon Adebayo described the election as free and fair, while he congratulated Nigerians for the steady growth of the country’s democracy.
All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu polled 8,794,726 votes to win the 2023 Presidential election as announced by the INEC chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu on Wednesday.
