… Says people of Kenya and its democracy is the greatest winner.
By Charles Iwuozor
Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar has congratulated Williams Ruto as the President-elect of Kenya in the just concluded general election in the country.
Atiku further declared that the people of Kenya and certainly its democracy is the greatest winner.
He stated this in his goodwill message released via his twitter handle shortly after Mr Ruta was declared winner of the poll.
His statement reads:
The people of Kenya have done well so far with the election process. The announcement of the results and declaration of a winner is the crunch time.
Even though a winner has emerged, and indeed has to emerge in an electoral contest of this nature, the people of Kenya and certainly its democracy is the greatest winner.
There can never be any losers if everyone joins hands in working together to improve the well-being of the people. It is imperative that the citizens cutting across all political divides eschew violence and animosity in order to safeguard the gains of the past.
Whatever issues there are about the election can always be resolved within the ambits of the law. As one, Kenyans will be the better for it.
Congratulations to President-elect William Ruto @WilliamsRuto, and kudos to Raila Odinga @RailaOdinga for a closely fought contest. -AA.
However, the incumbent president of Kenya, Raila Odinga has rejected the outcome of the August 9 poll and said he will challenge it in court.
According to him, ” figures announced by the Chairman of the electoral body, Mr. Chebukati are null and void and must be quashed by a court of law. In our view, there is neither a legally and validly declared winner nor a President-Elect.”
