Nigeria: Presidential winner Bola Tinubu reaches out to his rivals
Nigeria's President-elect Bola Tinubu delivered a rallying speech in Abuja on March 1, 2023. © AP - Ben Curtis
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In Nigeria, the newly elected President, Bola Tinubu, received this Wednesday afternoon, March 1, the certificate of his election during a solemn ceremony before the members of the Electoral Commission in Abuja.
Same thing for the elected vice-president, Kashim Shettima.
On this occasion, Bola Tinubu gave a speech where he called on his opponents to work with him.
His opponents who announce appeals to contest the election.
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With our special correspondent in Abuja
,
Amélie Tulet
Wearing a white coat and a traditional Yoruba red hat, cheered by his supporters of the APC, the ruling party, Bola Tinubu brandishes above his head the certificate making him the new elected president of Nigeria.
Then at the microphone, he makes a solemn speech which is intended to bring people together.
“
I know that many did not vote for me
, he said,
and that you are disappointed that this is not your candidate here in my place in front of you (…)
” Bola Tinubu calls on all Nigerians to work together to create jobs and restore peace.
President-elect Bola Tinubu, center, presents his certificate, flanked by his wife Oluremi Tinubu, right, and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Mahmood Yakubu, left, during a ceremony in Abuja, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. AP - Ben Curtis
For now, his main opponent, Atiku Abubakar, whose sixth candidacy and at 76, perhaps the last, has made no statement.
Peter Obi meanwhile promised to speak soon.
The one who was to be its vice-president, Yusuf Dati Baba Ahmed held a press conference earlier in the day.
He calls on supporters of the Labor Party to remain calm, to mobilize massively to vote on March 11, for the elections of governors and assemblies at the state level.
The Labor Party confirms its plan to take legal action to denounce fraud and manipulation of the ballot last Saturday.
Laurent Fourchard, research director at CERI, the Center for International Research at Sciences Po Paris and specialist in Nigeria
Gaelle Laleix
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