Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State has released a statement congratulating candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the March 28, 2015 presidential election in Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari.
In a statement issued on Tuesday afternoon by his media aide, Lere Olayinka, the governor also urged Nigerians to accept outcome of the poll.
Prior to the election, Fayose had been a major critic of Buhari, making an issue out of his health status. He sponsored the ill-famous death wish adverts on two leading newspapers in Nigeria and insisted that the former Head of State was not healthy enough to rule the country.
In the results of the election presently being collated in Abuja by INEC, the candidate of the APC is leading.
Fayose said, “The election result is the will of God and Nigerians, and all lovers of peace, progress and development of Nigeria must accept it.”
He said “to me, Nigerians and democracy won,” adding that “I salute Nigerians, especially the great people of Ekiti state.”
The Governor hailed President Goodluck Jonathan, saying he laid “the most solid foundation for democracy in Nigeria.”
Speaking further in the statement, Fayose said he salutes Buhari for “being a resilient and dogged fighter.
“I urge Nigerians, irrespective of their ethnic, religious and political affiliation to respect the outcome of the election in the interest of peace, progress and development of the country.
“Nigeria as a country is greater than any individual or group and it is my plea that no one should do anything to rock the boat of peace in the country.”
