Tinubu to Lagosians: Be calm, eschew any act that can lead to breakdown of law and order

Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has appealed to the people of Lagos State to be calm and eschew any act that can lead to breakdown of law and order.

According to him, the outcome of the election in Lagos where Labour Party won the presidential election should not be a source of provocation saying that the beauty of democracy is that people have a right to vote for the candidate of their choice.

The former Lagos state governor further said that as a democrat he is bound to accept the outcome of any election whether favourable or not.

Tinubu in a statement released Monday by Director of Media and Publicity of his campaign council, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, expressed serious concern over reports of violence in parts of the state especially reported attacks on some traders of Igbo origin.

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“The fact that the APC narrowly lost Lagos State to another party should not be the reason for violence. As a democrat, you win some, you lose some. We must allow the process to continue unhindered across the country while we maintain peace and decorum,” the statement said.

Peter Obi of Labour Party defeated Tinubu in the Feb 25th presidential election on Saturday.

Tinubu, a former Governor and perceived as the Grand Commander of the politics of the state, scored a total number of 572,606 while Obi polled 582,454 votes. Their Peoples Democratic Party’s counterpart, Atiku Abubakar polled 75,750.

Kwankwaso polled 8,442 while Atiku polled 75,750.

Though Tinubu won 11 local government areas in the state while Obi won the overall votes in the state, with a landslide victory in nine powerful local governments with numerical strength including Alimosho, Ojo and Oshodi-Isolo, Kosofe, Amuwo Odofin, amongst others.

Of the 87, 209,007 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) collected nationwide for the election, 6,214,970 PVCs were collected in Lagos. This is closely followed by Kano with 5,594,193, and Kaduna with 4,164, 473.