June 12: Those who cannot endure and accept the pain of defeat in elections do not deserve the joy of victory - Tinubu addresses the nation



President Bola Tinubu on Monday, June 12, gave a speech to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the June 12, 1993 presidential poll.

Tinubu who urged Nigerians to sacrifice a little more for the survival of the country, stated that Nigerians must never take democracy for granted as Chief MKO Abiola who won the election sacrificed his life for it.

On the conduct of the 2023 election, Tinubu said those who cannot endure and accept the pain of defeat in elections do not deserve the joy of victory when it is their turn to triumph.

“We have traversed the dark, thorny path of dictatorship before and those who experienced it can readily testify to the unbridgeable gap between the dignity of freedom and the humiliation and degradation of tyranny. True, rancorous debates, interminable wrangling, ceaseless quarrels, bitter electoral contestations may be perceived by some as unattractive features of democracy. But they also testify to its merit and value.

“This year, we held the seventh in the cycle of elections that have become sacred rituals of our democratic practice in this dispensation since 1999.

“That the polls were intensely contested is in itself positive evidence that democracy is well and alive in our land. It is only natural that even as those who won and experienced victory in the various elections are elated and fulfilled, those who lost are disenchanted and disappointed. But the beauty of democracy is that those who win today can lose tomorrow and those who lose today will have an opportunity to compete and win in the next round of elections.

“Those who cannot endure and accept the pain of defeat in elections do not deserve the joy of victory when it is their turn to triumph. Above all, those who disagree with the outcome of the elections are taking full advantage of the constitutional provisions to seek redress in court and that is one of the reasons why democracy is still the best form of government invented by man.”



Source:https://www.equaljhayloaded.com.ng/june-12-those-who-cannot-endure-and-accept-the-pain-of-defeat-in-elections-do-not-deserve-the-joy-of-victory-tinubu-addresses-the-nation/

bitter truth

Jaga don talk, and let the Vawulence begin

The very reason Peter Obi will never be the President of Nigeria.

God bless Emi lokan 1 of Africa

Do well to rescue Nigeria from what it is today. Buhari wrecked this country to pieces. Mend the country pls and pls

Well taught.
Obi-diots would avoid this tread like a plague.

If you had won your own election in the manner in which MKO ABIOLA won his own election in 1993 nobody would have complain and all your opponent would have accepted the pains of election defeat in peace.

You must be talking to yourself because you didn't win in the first place. It's glaring you can't deal with the pain of defeat so you had to hijack the electoral process via fraudulent means, compromising eyeneck and enveloping the judishiary to snatch the people's mandate. No matter how smart and sneaky you try to be, you can't escape that pain, shame and disgrace. The hijacked mandate shall be retrieved

Mankindman:
Well taught.
Obi-diots would avoid this tread like a plague.

if your oga had won his election the way ABIOLA won his election free and fair his opponent would have accepted their defeat in peace but in a situation where election results were change to favour you and expect your opponent to accept the pains of of that daylight rubbery called election, who does that?