Saraki wants Nigerians to accept polls’ results

GOVERNOR Bukola Saraki of Kwara State yesterday urged Nigerians to joyfully accept the results of the April elections in order to preserve the unity of the nation.

Receiving former Head of State, Gen. Muhammad Buhari, in his Ilorin’s office during a courtesy call, Saraki said the nation’s territorial integrity was more important than the ambition of any individual.

For him, the beauty of any democracy remains the plurality of ideologies as represented by political parties. He also praised the former military leader, who is currently the presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive change (CPC), for his meaningful past contributions to the nation.

According to the governor, “it is the beauty of our democracy to accommodate and respect the views of others. We thank the former head of state for his contributions to building this country.

“But I want to say that it is important for all politicians to talk to our supporters that there will still be the nation after the elections. We should be ready to accept the results of the elections because the nation is bigger than any individual. We hope you will continue to contribute your quota to the success of this great nation”.

Buhari said he is in the habit of visiting the governor of any state where he would campaign for votes, adding that his initial strategy was to comb all the six geo-political zones of the nation before rounding off the exercise with a visit to each state of the nation.

The CPC presidential candidate, who was accompanied on the visit by the governorship candidate of the party in the state, AbdulRahaman Abdul Razaq and other top members of the party in the state, said he would continue to also pay homage to traditional rulers in the country during his campaign.

He promised to proceed on the campaign to cities like Lagos and Ibadan before the presidential polls. Hundreds of his supporters thronged the Western end gate of the Government House, Ilorin, chanting praises of the retired army general.

He later paid a courtesy call on the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, before addressing his supporters at Odota Area of Ilorin.

At the event, Buhari urged the people of the state to vote for him towards effecting meaningful changes in the country. He later presented Abdulrazaq and his running-mate, Sunday Fagbemi, to the supporters.