The United States has congratulated Nigeria on the election o Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of her ruling party.
In a statement on Wednesday through her spokesman, Edward Ned Price, the US called said the election signified a new dawn for “Nigeria politics and democracy, and asked all those who are dissatisfied with the outcome to seek redress through established processes.
“The United States congratulates the people of Nigeria, president-elect Tinubu and all the political leaders,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said.
“This competitive election represents a new period for Nigerian politics and democracy,” he added.
“We understand that many Nigerians and some of the parties have expressed frustration about the manner in which the process was conducted,” he said.
“Nigerians are clearly within their rights to have such concerns and should have high expectations for their electoral process,” Price said, urging political leaders to register their concerns through established legal ‘mechanisms’.
“There are well-established mechanisms in place for the adjudication of electoral disputes, and we encourage any candidate or party seeking to challenge the outcome to pursue redress through those mechanisms”
.
