Bola Tinubu Declares, "As a Democrat, I'm Compelled to Accept Election Results" as Peter Obi Wins Lagos State.
Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for president, has responded to his party's loss of Lagos state to the Labour Party's Peter Obi on Saturday, February 25, in the presidential election. Obi defeated the former governor of Lagos State, who received 572,606 votes, with a vote total of 582,454. As a Democrat, Tinubu said he must accept the results of the just finished election in a statement issued by Bayo Onanuga, director of media and publicity for the APC Presidential Campaign Council. He asserts that Peter Obi's triumph in the state exemplifies the virtues of democracy. The former governor of Lagos State urged his supporters to remain peace and quiet, saying Obi's victory in Lagos shouldn't be a cause for unrest. The statement read, "As a democrat he is required to accept the outcome of any election, whether favorable or not." Following Obi's electoral victory in the state, Tinubu denounced the reported attacks on several tr...
