Election Result: Ohanaeze Congratulates Buhari

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, on
Thursday congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his victory in the
Presidential election of February 23.

The News Agency of Nigeria
recalls that President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress
was declared the winner of the election by the Independent National
Electoral Commission on Wednesday, having polled 15,191,847 votes,
winning in 19 states.

Buhari defeated 72 other candidates,
including Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, who
scored 11,255,978 votes and won 17 states and the FCT, to occupy the
second position.

The Secretary-General of the group, Chief Uche Okwukwu, gave the congratulatory message while briefing newsmen in Enugu.

“The
Ohanaeze Ndigbo heartily rejoices and congratulates President Muhammadu
Buhari, GCFR, on his well-deserved victory at the Presidential polls on
February 23.

“His victory as exposed by the majority of votes
cast has clearly shown that the President has been on the right course
in the last four years.

“Ndigbo are deeply happy that Mr President secured more votes in Igbo land than he got in 2015.

“We
urge all Nigerians and the international community to accept the
verdict as the election was adjudged free, credible, transparent and
peaceful.

“Ohanaeze is calling on all not to heat up the polity through unguarded utterances and actions,’’ he said.

Okwukwu
added that the leadership of the group would be meeting with President
Buhari next week to present to him an official congratulatory message on
his well-deserved victory at the poll.

He, however,
said that the group would use the occasion to present to Buhari the
charter of their demands for infrastructural uplift of the entire
Igbo-speaking areas of the country.

“Part of our demands will be
the completion of ongoing infrastructure works such as the 2nd Niger
Bridge, modern railway, completion of ongoing Enugu-Onitsha and
Enugu-Port Harcourt roads, fixing of the Akanu Ibiam International
Airport among others,’’ he said.

NAN reports that Ohanaeze
members are drawn from seven states, which include; Abia, Anambra,
Delta, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo and Rivers States.

Source:- Punchng