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By Henry Umoru<\/strong><\/p>\n

ABUJA \u2013 FOURTEEN days into the conduct of the Presidential election, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar , Friday, congratulated President Goodluck Jonathan following his victory at\u00a0the Presidential poll.<\/p>\n

Atiku Abubakar also extended his hands of fellowship to President Jonathan, just as\u00a0 he advised him to carry every section of the country along, regardless of how they may have voted during the elections.<\/p>\n

In a statement from his office, Friday, Atiku who noted that the future and unity of a nation should be uppermost in the mind of every statesman, however explained that partisan politics ends with the election of leaders and that the next challenge should focus on how to uplift the welfare of Nigerians, adding, \u201cIt is no longer news that President Jonathan and our camp differed on matters of principle. But let no one be in doubt about our resolve to work together with him in the arduous task of economic development and nation building.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former Vice President noted that with the successful conclusion of this year\u2019s general elections, President Jonathan and all elected leaders as well as fellow countrymen must immediately get to work if the much needed democratic dividends must be delivered to Nigerians.<\/p>\n

Also congratulating all elected state governors, senators, members of the House of Representatives and members of the state Houses of Assembly in particular those of his own party, the PDP, the former Presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, urged President Jonathan to immediately begin the process of healing the wounds.<\/p>\n

Atiku urged President Jonathan to use the opportunity of his election to unite the country against the backdrop that wound were inflicted before, during and after the elections, just as he stressed that the President-elect should see this as his immediate challenge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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