Bola Tinubu calls for peace following attacks on non-indigenes over loss of election to Labour Party in Lagos (Press Statement)
Vondigest reports the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC, has urged all residents of Lagos to maintain peace and order following the formal announcement of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi as the winner of the election in Lagos State.
This online platform gathered that there’s palpable tension in some areas of the State where intimidation of non-indegines have been recorded following the election results.
Below is his official statement:
PRESS STATEMENT
Tinubu to Lagosians: Be calm, maintain the peace
All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has appealed to the people of Lagos State to be calm and eschew any act that can lead to breakdown of law and order.
Tinubu said the outcome of the election in Lagos where Labour Party won the presidential election should not be a source of provocation saying that the beauty of democracy is that people have a right to vote for the candidate of their choice.
The APC candidate further said that as a democrat he is bound to accept the outcome of any election whether favourable or not.
In a statement released Monday by the Presidential Campaign Council signed by Director of Media and Publicity, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu expressed serious concern over reports of violence in parts of the state especially reported attacks on some traders of Igbo origin.
The former Lagos State Governor condemned any form of violence against people of any ethnic group in Lagos.
“The fact that the APC narrowly lost Lagos State to another party should not be the reason for violence. As a democrat, you win some, you lose some. We must allow the process to continue unhindered across the country while we maintain peace and decorum,” the statement said.
Bayo Onanuga
Director, Media & Publicity
APC Presidential Campaign Council
February 27, 2023
