The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has congratulated his All Progressive Congress opponent, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, for winning the APC presidential ticket after a hard-fought primary.
Atiku said Tinubu’s victory was proof of his tenacity in his journey towards strengthening the nation’s democracy, The Nation newspaper reports.
This was contained in a tweet on Atiku’s verified Twitter account @atiku, on Wednesday hours after Tinubu was declared APC Presidential Candidate.
The tweet read “Congratulations, @officialABAT, on your emergence as your party’s presidential candidate. It has been a hard-fought contest, but that you prevailed confirms your tenacity. -AA.”