Former military president General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida has congratulated the president-elect, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his election victory and appealed to Nigerians to rally round him to succeed.
In a statement issued to Newsmen in Minna by his media office, through Alh Zubairu Idris Abdulrauf the former President commended the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC for midwifing an election,that would lead to a new Nigeria.
General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida also applauded Nigerians for coming out en masse to exercise their franchise by electing someone like Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the next President of Nigeria.
According to him, “it is a thing of joy that this is happening in my lifetime. I can confidently say that Tinubu is a good man for the job.
“I have no doubt that Tinubu would perform as the President of Nigeria. For some of us, who have been there before, I know that there is still more work to be done, and I believe that Tinubu has what it takes to take Nigeria to greater heights.
General Babangida,further explained that Tinubu is coming from the background of a performer, who loves his people with all his hearts and who knows how to put a round peg in a round hole.
While urging Nigerians to join hands with Tinubu in the business of repositioning the nation, the former Military President also appealed to other candidates to see the emergence of former Lagos State Governor as the will of God, saying that the work of nation building requires that all hands must be on deck to succeed.
“This is a bright moment for Nigeria, we have to take our destiny in our hands and make things work for us as a nation. We cannot continue to do things the same way, and I believe that God will make things work for this country again,” he said, adding that a new dawn has come for Nigeria.
ALIYU LAWAL.
