President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, said that those who cannot
endure and accept the pain of defeat in elections do not deserve the joy of
victory when it is their turn to triumph.
Tinubu said this in his address to Nigerians while
commemorating this year’s Democracy Day.
The Independent National Electoral Commission had announced
and declared Tinubu, a candidate of the All Progressives Congress, the winner
of the February 25 presidential election.
Tinubu defeated Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi of the Peoples
Democratic Party and Labour Party, respectively.
“This year, we held the seventh in the cycle of elections
that have become sacred rituals of our democratic practise in this dispensation
since 1999.
“That the polls were intensely contested is in itself
positive evidence that democracy is well and alive in our land. It is only
natural that even as those who won and experienced victory in the various
elections are elated and fulfilled, those who lost are disenchanted and
disappointed,” he said.
“But the beauty of
democracy is that those who win today can lose tomorrow, and those who lose
today will have an opportunity to compete and win in the next round of
elections.
“Those who cannot endure and accept the pain of defeat in
elections do not deserve the joy of victory when it is their turn to triumph.
“Above all, those who disagree with the outcome of the
elections are taking full advantage of the constitutional provisions to seek
redress in court and that is one of the reasons why democracy is still the best
form of government invented by man.”
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Tinubu, you did NJ it win d election u are making reference to. U never won.
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