Election Was Free, Fair, Peaceful And Transparent – Iyiola Omisore Reveals Reasons Tinubu Won

The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Iyiola Omisore has described the presidential and national assembly election as free, fair, peaceful and transparent.

According to him, contrary to the allegation that there were malpractices during the election, it was transparent and credible.

The APC chieftain made this pronouncement when he spoke with pressmen at the party secretariat in Abuja, shortly after he received a letter of felicitation from Chinese officials on behalf of the party.

He submitted that an election where the president, national chairman of the party, director-general of the campaign, and presidential candidate lost their home states cannot be described as rigged at all, Naija News learnt.

Omisore insisted that the poll satisfied the criteria of fairness, transparency, and credibility, hence opposition parties should embrace the reality.

Giving reasons why the President-Elect, Bola Tinubu won the election, the APC national secretary pointed out that Tinubu won the February 25 poll because he was popular nationwide.

He advanced that the spread of his votes across the six geo-political zones was evidence of his national acceptance, noting that unlike the Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the APC went into the poll as a united party.

He, therefore, expressed shock that despite Tinubu’spopularity being glaring, the opposition parties have been subjective in their analysis of the polls, adding that it is typical of the losers to cry foul during the periodic election, in a bid to discredit a lawful, legitimate and credible poll.

Omisore said APC owed its victory to party unity, team spirit, the support of President Muhammadu Buhari, the resilience of the party leadership, the courage of the candidate, the determination of the party faithful, and the collective wish of the majority of Nigerians.

He remarked that:” Everybody knew that people were leaving the PDP. Those five governors who did not leave distanced themselves from their presidential candidate. They went into the election in disunity. How can they win? Nigerians have spoken.

:” Asiwaju was up and doing and he dominated the scenes; the campaigns, from the period preceding the primaries to the last day if the campaigns. He was the most visible among the presidential candidates. He traversed the nooks and crannies of the country, selling his ideas and plans.

“He had the best, most appealing and captivating blueprint. He was not alone. He demonstrated to Nigerians that he would foster inclusion. Look at the campaign council. It was representative of all the segments in the party, ethnic groups, and geo-political zones. It was a strong team. He won because the majority of Nigerians preferred him. They want him to replicate his feats as governor of Lagos State at the federal level. He will not disappoint Nigerians.”