The British High Commissioner in Nigeria, Catriona Laing has described the recently-conducted 2023 Presidential election as fascinating and offered future assuredness for democratic governance in the country.
She made this known on Tuesday when she paid a courtesy visit to the Senate President, Senator Ahmad Lawan at the National Assembly.
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Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has announced the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 election.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a former Governor of Lagos State and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress defeated other strong contenders in the race Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party and former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi of the Labour Party.
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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and that of the Labour Party, Peter Obi have vowed to challenge the results announced by the electoral umpire which produced Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
They claimed that the presidential election results declared by INEC were manipulated in favour of the President-elect.
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The British High Commissioner in Nigeria, Catriona Laing, while reacting after meeting the Senate President stated that despite contestation on the process of the election by some political actors; it was fascinating and portends a bright future for the country.
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She added; “I was here till the last election and I finished with this election and I’m impressed with Nigeria’s democratic journey. Yes, a bit of setback, but overall, I see this as positive and Nigeria should be proud but with a remarkable difference when I came in 2019”
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