Kemi Olaitan in Ibadan
A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Ambassador Abayomi Nurain Mumuni, has declared that the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is the only candidate whose campaign was not based on ethnic or religious sentiments.
Mumuni, a former gubernatorial candidate of the defunct Congress for Progressives Change (CPC) in Lagos State, in a statement made available on Thursday, by his media aide, Rasheed Abubakar, while congratulating the president-elect on the occasion of his 71st birthday, said the former Lagos State governor founded formidable political platforms and mentored many great leaders who are on top of their respective games all over the world.
He maintained that Tinubu, as governor, created structures from education to the judiciary, infrastructure, and transport such as LAMATA, LASTMA, LASEMA, among others, noting that the president-elect never entertains anything that might cause division among the various groups and sections in the country.
He then used the occasion to appeal to Nigerians to pray for a peaceful transition and inauguration of the president-elect and other elected public office holders in May, wishing the president-elect long life, good health and sound mind with which he will transform Nigeria with good people of sound mind surrounding him.
According to him, “Tinubu is the only candidate whose campaign at the recently conducted presidential election was not founded on religious or ethnic sentiments.
“Let me use the rare occasion to congratulate my uncle, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on his 71st birthday, the only candidate in the last presidential election whose campaign was not founded on religious or ethnic sentiments.
“He never invites anything that might cause divide, reason he is the only candidate who won six states each in the South and North.
“Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is one of the foremost democrats among his contemporaries, not just in Nigeria, but in the international scene as well. His antecedent is one that marked great legacies and indelible marks.
“I therefore urge Nigerians to pray for a peaceful transition for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and other elected officers in the coming weeks.”
