The victory belongs to you, don’t gloat, Buhari urges supporters

Ebun Francis|

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday pleaded with his supporters not to humiliate the opposition over his victory in the just concluded presidential election.

The President who made the plea in his official Twitter handle@Mbuhari, told his supporters to see his victory as a “reward” for their efforts.

The tweet read,“I would like to make a special appeal to my supporters not to gloat or humiliate the opposition. Victory is enough reward for your efforts.”

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) early on Wednesday declared President Muhammadu Buhari the winner of the 2019 presidential election.

He polled 15,191,847 votes to defeat Atiku Abubakar who scored 11,262,978 votes.

Atiku Abubakar rejected the result of the poll as declared by INEC saying it was unacceptable to him. He said he would challenge it in court.