National chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, described the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Saturday’s, February 23 election, Atiku Abubakar, as a political rolling stone that is not destined to be Nigeria’s president.

Speaking to news men today, Thursday in Abuja, Oshiomhole said that the Nigerian electorates have spoken, which indicated that Atiku would certainly not rule Nigeria in spite of his desperation.

According to him, those who were waiting for an Atiku free market regime had missed it, as Nigeria does not need such investors.

The APC national chairman stressed that what the country needed at the moment were genuine investors with long term interest and ready to invest in real production and labour intensive industries.

Oshiomhole expressed optimism that genuine investors who had genuine businesses and ideas and knew the market potentials of the Nigerian economy would remain in spite of what the opposition thought.

The APC national chairman said such investors would come in to take advantage of the country’s huge market.

“Leadership is about character, Atiku’s desperation is so obvious, he is so desperate, and it is on record that he challenged his own boss, former President Olusegun Obasanjo not to do a second term.”

Oshiomhole noted that Atiku fought his former boss, left their party and joined another where he got its ticket to contest the presidency then, but lost.

He said it would be difficult to count how many time Atiku had defected from one political party to another, saying that:”he is a political rolling stone.

“He is such a political rolling stone, does he think Nigerians are so insane: Atiku is a man who is not stable, and has no conviction.”

Oshiomhole said that Atiku’s interest was all about himself, following his confession during his campaigns that he was going to sell off some of the country’s national assets and enrich his friends, if he became president.

The APC national chairman maintained that Atiku would “certainly not be the country’s president at a time like this.”

He wondered what gave the former Vice President and PDP presidential candidate the sense of entitlement that he must be the country’s president, adding that the APC would not deny anyone the right to dispute the outcome of an election in court.

He said that resorting to violence was not the way out, saying that even as Edo State Governor, he had to go to court to reclaim his electoral mandate when he was cheated out.

“I did not resort to violence, and I did not call out workers to go on strike to defend my mandate.

“All I did was to submit to the laws of Nigeria which says if you doubt the outcome of an election, and you have course to dispute it, the only lawful way open to you is to go to court.

“So we are looking forward to meeting Atiku Abubakar in court.”

The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari over his re-election at the Saturday’s, February 23 Presidential election, even as it advised the Presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and others who lost the election to accept the outcome.
In a statement in Abuja, the chairman of the union, Ayuba Wabba noted that Buhari was the second person to get reelected since the return to civilian rule in 1999, saying: “We also wish to congratulate other candidates for their participation and urge them to accept the outcome of the election, and adherence to the peace accord they signed before the election.
“The electioneering campaign although bitterly fought and the election itself keenly contested, we urge the President-elect and any aggrieved party to put first the interest of the nation.
“We reiterate that no candidate’s victory or loss is worth the life or property of anyone.
“Mr. President won in 2015 on his campaign promise to fight corruption, restore security and grow the economy. From his reelection, this may have boded well with the greater majority of the people who voted for him.
“Nonetheless, his reelection avails him a great opportunity to reflect on and reassess this vision, strategy and implementation as well as enables him to complete pending projects and initiate new ones where feasible.”
Ayuba Wabba, the NLC would work with the social partners, government and organized private sector to ensure that Nigerians, especially, workers get dividends of democracy as at when due.
“Workers-pensioner-issues, especially salaries, pensions and welfare will continue to dominate our engagement with government.
”We commend INEC for organising the election in spite of the initial glitches. It should speedily correct the lapses identified so far in order for it to conduct more credible elections in the future.
”Finally, our most profound commendation goes to the millions of Nigerians who defied all odds to perform their civic duty.
”Similarly, our deep condolences go to the families of those who lost their lives. We demand that the culprits be brought to book in accordance with our laws.”

Former Nigeria President, Olusegun Obasanjo is said to have gone into hiding since the announcement of President Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of the last Saturday, February 23 Presidential election in the country.

Obasanjo, who had been quite vocal in the build-p to the election has, however, appears to have suddenly gone into hiding by keeping silent since the result was announced.

Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that telephone calls made to Obasanjo’s Media Aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, were not picked while text messages sent to him for reaction were neither acknowledged nor replied.

NAN recalls that Obasanjo, had severally castigated Buhari, and openly campaigned against him few months to the election.

The former president also endorsed and adopted Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the major opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), whom he had once accused and condemned over corruption claims.

He had also told Nigerians that God would not forgive him (Obasanjo) if he ever supported Atiku to be president, but later changed political gear to ensure that Buhari was not re-elected. The presidency has however repeatedly asked Nigerians to ignore Obasanjo, saying that Buhari’s performance in office was enough to earn him re-election.

From the results announced by INEC, Buhari had defeated Atiku in Obasanjo’s polling unit in Abeokuta and also scored a total of 15,191,847 to defeat Atiku, his closest rival who scored 11,262,978 votes.

Source: NAN.

The President of the republic of Ghana, Nana Koffi-Addo, that of the republic of Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou, King Mohammed VI of the Kingdom of Morocco and other African leaders have sent congratulatory messages to President Muhammadu Buhari on his re-election.

King Mohammed VI described President Buhari’s victory as an affirmation of the level of confidence Nigerians have in their President and promised to work with him to advance the interests of both countries.

“Your re-election is a testimony to the level of confidence that you enjoy among the people of Nigeria, attributable to your wisdom, experience in politics, sense of engagement and devotion to the service and the protection of the interests of the country especially as they relate to the prosperity, wellbeing and security of your people.”

King Mohammed VI expressed satisfaction with the existing cordial and fraternal African relationship linking the two leaders, their people, and nations.

He reiterated his determination to work in concert with President Buhari to reinforce the mutually beneficial relationship between Morocco and Nigeria and to give it a new impetus to serve as a model on the African continent.

President Alpha Omar Conde of Guinea also extended his congratulations, describing the re-election of President Buhari as a dose of hope for the West African region.

Professor Conde expressed confidence that the cordial relations between Nigeria and Guinea will continue to get better.

Earlier, President Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger, who was the first leader to call President Buhari minutes after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared him the winner of the 2019 presidential elections, said he looked forward to working with the Nigerian leader to further strengthen Nigeria-Niger relations.

President Buhari also received congratulatory messages from Presidents Nana Koffi-Addo of Ghana and Macky Sall of Senegal.