Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu, has called on police authorities in the country to open a full-scale investigation into all that transpired in the Adamawa State governorship supplementary election considering its attendant controversy.
In a letter he personally signed which was sent to Africa Today News, New York on Thursday, the former Lagos State governor called for a thorough investigation of ‘all that transpired’ in the election.
This was even as he congratulated the governor-elect, Ahmadu Fintiri on his victory, stressing that in every democratic contest, there must always be a winner.
He said: ‘The supplementary polls have now brought the 2023 elections to a final, fitting conclusion. I observed, with satisfaction, the largely peaceful atmosphere that pervaded the supplementary election on Saturday.’
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He went on to add that; ‘It was a further testimony that our citizens have accepted democratic norms and have unalloyed faith in the electoral process. However, I note the matter of Adamawa supplementary governorship election and I urge police authorities to fully investigate all that transpired in the election given the attendant controversy. In every democratic contest there has to be one winner. I call on those aggrieved to pursue legitimate means of addressing their grievances.’
Felicitating with those that emerged victorious, Tinubu said: “I congratulate the winners of the supplementary governorship elections held in Kebbi and Adamawa States on Saturday, April 15, 2023. I also rejoice with those elected into the Senate, House of Representatives and State Houses of Assembly during the last round of elections in states where such took place.”