Saraki accepts defeat, congratulates winners

Bukola Saraki

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has conceded defeat to the winner of the Kwara Central Senatorial elections, Ibrahim Oloriegbe of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

In a statement on Tuesday by his spokesperson, Yusuph Olaniyonu, Mr Saraki wished the winners of last Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections in Kwara State well in spite of the “reported inadequacies.”

He said, “…Whatever the final outcome of the election, I wish the candidates that have emerged all the best in their attempts to serve our people. It is my prayers that the good people of Kwara State will always have the best from any government both at state and federal levels.

“As a product of a family and a political structure that is, from its foundation, devoted to the service and development of our state and its people, it is my wish that our people will always have a good deal at all times.

“The new development will even provide the people the opportunity to compare and contrast. After all, the people who have emerged from last Saturday’s election are not my enemies. They are fellow Kwarans.”

He further tasked Kwara residents to vote for candidates of the PDP during the governorship and state assembly elections on March 9.

“As we prepare for the March 9, 2019 Governorship and House of Assembly elections, let me reiterate my position that the candidates of the PDP in the election represent the best materials for our dear State, Kwara.

“Therefore, I enjoin our people to come out en mass on Election Day and vote for them. I am going to work with our party leaders to further sell the PDP candidates to the general public,” Saraki said.