Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu has reportedly set up a reconciliation committee that would meet with the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), his Labor Party counterpart, Peter Obi, and other presidential candidates.
This was made known
by the governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu on Wednesday in Abuja
at the presentation of the certificate of return to Tinubu and his running
mate, Kashim Shettima. The governor added that the committee comprises elders
of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Akeredolu in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde,
said the election reflects the wishes of the electorate, noting that every aggrieved person will be met for
reconciliation.
“The president-elect has set up committees to meet with the gentlemen who
contested in the election for us to start the healing process. I belong to one
of the committees. We are going to meet them and appeal to them so that we can
work together,” he said.
“This is an election that was not
padded. People who voted were counted, that is the way I see it, not one which
shows millions of votes. You can see the candidates, everyone won 12 states
each, it has never been like that before.”
The governor said the votes recorded by APC candidates in Ondo show the love of
the people for his administration, adding that the people “willingly” supported
his clamor for a southern president
“Ondo people are progressives and we will always, at least, be on the side of
progressivism. From the onset, we were at the forefront of clamor for a
southern president and so we have to put everything we had into it and we got
the support, that is why we are able to make it,” he said.
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