The US ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, has said that many Nigerians are not happy with the results of the presidential election conducted on February 25.
Leonard, in an op-ed, “The Elections of February 25,” called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to promptly address the challenges ahead of the March 11 gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections.
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“The people of Nigeria demonstrated their dedication to democracy on February 25, but there are many angry and frustrated Nigerians as well as many who are celebrating victories they believe were hard-fought and well-earned,” the statement reads in part.
INEC has declared Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, the winner of the election
But Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, are heading to court.
Leonard added: “In the coming days, it will be important for the future of this country that Nigerians not let their differences divide them, and that the legally established process for resolving challenges to the election be allowed to take its course.”