By Adeleye Kunle
Former Nigerian Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, as well as other PDP bigwigs, have congratulated Osun Governor-elect Senator Ademola Adeleke on his election victory in the recently concluded Osun governorship election.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared PDP’s Ademola Adeleke the winner after he polled 403, 371 votes, defeating his closest rival and incumbent governor, APC’s Adegboyega Oyetola, who polled 375,027.
The election was judged to be peaceful and credible, despite pockets of vote-buying incidents, with many stakeholders hailing INEC’s performance as an improvement over the previous election.
PDP presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku responded via his verified Twitter account, congratulating Ademola Adeleke on his election victory, describing it as a “hard fought victory.”
“Light has come to Osun,” he said. Sen. @AAdeleke 01, congratulations on a hard-fought victory. Also, heartfelt congratulations to the @OfficialPDPNig family and all stakeholders who worked tirelessly to make this a reality.
“Most importantly, congratulations to the great people of Osun State for proving that power truly belongs to the people,” said Atiku, who had cut short his European trip to attend Ademola Adeleke’s campaign in Osun state.
In a similar vein, Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal, congratulated Adeleke and stated that “Osun state has spoken loud and clear,” noting that Atiku will be in power in 2023.
“The good people of Osun State have made it abundantly clear that politics is a local affair.” I’d like to congratulate Senator @IsiakaAdeleke1 on his victory. The @OfficialPDPNig family thanks the people of Osun for sending the signal that H.E @atiku is on his way.
Similarly, Senator Bukola Saraki, former Senate President, congratulated Senator Adeleke, saying, “With the winning strategy, moving forward, our objective is clear.”
“@AAdeleke 01, who recognized the lessons of 2018 and worked to strengthen coalitions across the state and nation.” You have proven that you are the true leader that Osun requires at this critical juncture.
Moving forward, our goal is clear: we must fix Nigeria, rescue it from the failures of the last seven years, and work to elect our former Vice-President, Alhaji @Atiku Abubakar, as the next President of Nigeria.
As of the time of filing this report, no member of the ruling APC had congratulated the governor-elect, fueling speculation that the results would be rejected by the ruling party.
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