There were jubilant scenes at the home of President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State on Wednesday evening, as the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, and the Vice President-elect, Sen. Kashim Shettima, presented their Certificates of Return to the President.

The certificates are symptomatic of their victory in the presidential election as issued by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

“We are very lucky,” Buhari said as he warmly clasped the hand of the President-elect.

“There were no problems. No bloodshed, no accidents. We have God Almighty to thank for this,” the President added.

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He said he was pleased that the people chose the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidates, affirming through this, their desire that the momentum of development under the administration continues.

President Buhari further commended the party supporters and the Presidential Campaign Council for the “historic win”, which he said would never have been possible without discipline, commitment, and hard work.

On his part, Tinubu said as a  loyal party man, he came to present the certificate to President Buhari as the party leader and to commend him for his efforts to support democracy in Africa.

“This is the largest democracy in Africa. We could not have done any better. We are lucky, there is no accident and no matter how provocative a defeat is, we have to tolerate it if we are democrats. We have a nation to build,” the President-elect said.

Tinubu and Shettima were accompanied by the APC National Chairman, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu; the founding chairman, Bisi Akande; and governors of Katsina, Kaduna, Ebonyi, Zamfara, Lagos, and Jigawa, among others.

The Star