The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, has congratulated President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on his victory in the presidential election.
The Ukrainian president took to Twitter to send his congratulatory message to Tinubu. It read: “Congratulations to @officialABAT on winning the Nigerian presidential election. I look forward to close cooperation. I’m convinced that bilateral interaction will be strengthened. is ready to work together to overcome global challenges, including threats to food security!”
See Zelensky’s post below
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that Tinubu won a tight race to succeed Muhammadu Buhari as the next president of Nigeria.
“Having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected”, Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), announced early on Wednesday.
Tinubu polled 8.8 million votes to defeat the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and surprise frontrunner, Peter Obi of Labour Party, who scored 6.9 million and 6.1 million, respectively, to emerge president hours after three opposition parties called for a cancellation of what they called a “sham” of an election.
“This is a serious mandate – I hereby accept it. To serve you… To work with you and make Nigeria great,” Tinubu said as supporters cheered “Jagaban”.
“I appeal to my fellow contestants to let us team together. It is the only nation we have. It is one country that we must build together,” he added.