President Muhammadu Buhari has pleaded with his supporters not to humiliate the opposition over his victory in the 2019 presidential election.

The president made the plea after receiving his Certificate of Return from the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Wednesday in Abuja.


President Buhari said his supporters should see his victory as a “reward” for their efforts.

He said: “I would like to make a special appeal to my supporters not to gloat or humiliate the opposition. Victory is enough reward for your efforts.”

The president and his vice arrived at the venue in the company of their spouses at about 2:10 p.m.

The INEC chairman, who spoke briefly before handing over the certificates of return to the president and vice president-elect, said the occasion is a statutory requirement based on the Electoral Act which requires winners of elections to be given their certificate of return within seven days.

Osinbajo was the first to receive his certificate from Yakubu followed by Buhari.

Buhari defeated the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, to emerge winner in the keenly contested poll.

Announcing the final results of the election on Wednesday, Yakubu said Buhari polled a total of 15,191,847 votes to defeat his closest rival, who polled 11,262,978.

From start, Buhari proved to be the man to beat, leading all other candidates and ending with a wide margin of almost four million votes ahead of Atiku, and drawing his largest block of votes from the core Northern states.
Source https://www.concisenews.global/2019/02/27/buhari-advises-apc-supporters-not-to-humiliate-opposition/

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