The Presidency has cautioned
followers of President Muhammadu Buhari against inciting the opposition to
anger as they celebrate the victory of the president.
Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant
on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Ita Enang issued the warning while
addressing State House Correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja after
meeting with the President.
Enang, while congratulating the
President and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, said those celebrating the success
should be modest so as not to anger the opposition.
He said, “Let me, first of all,
congratulate President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in the
victory as president and vice president on the Next Level and the All
Progressives Congress (APC).
“What we as a government and a
people should do is to ensure that our statements, our actions, our
celebrations and our reaction to those who lost should be tempered, temperate,
measured, humble and such that are not capable of inciting the other party to
anger.”
Enang also called on those who
won as senators and members of the House of Representatives to talk to their
followers to speak less and work more to bring about unity and integration of
those who have lost.
He said: “The real winners in
this election are the Nigerian voters; and we are conscious that about 11
million people voted for the other party while 15 million voted for our party.
“For the incoming members of the
National Assembly, first, for the members who have been re-elected; first as
Senators and members of the House of Representatives is to congratulate them;
for those who are elected new and are coming in, we congratulate and welcome
them.
“We are praying that their
actions should also be conciliatory. In the next election we are going in on
March 9, next week, we should look at as a party and as a government, the areas
and the pitfalls and address them so that there would be peaceful election.
“I will advise that all those who
are going for the election, campaigning, the governorship candidates and the
House of Assembly candidates who are going in for the elections, they should
also measure their campaign words and they should maintain peace better than
was maintained in the presidential and National Assembly elections.
“Finally, I will urge the
opposition party which has lost the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to be
measured in their statements and reactions and their decisions. If they have
grievance, let pursue the appropriate constitutional channel of a petition.”
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