APC supporters protest in Abuja to demand congratulatory messages for President-elect Tinubu
“We have to defend the mandate freely given to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu because it is the right thing to do,” a supporter said.

Supporters of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress have called for a demonstration in Abuja on Monday. 

Billed to defend the mandate of the party’s leader and president-elect, Bola Tinubu, the protesters said the failure or refusal to congratulate a new Nigerian leader could continue to fuel doubts over his mandate.

Suleiman Raji, one of the organisers who said he came in from Ilorin to attend the protest, said it was to condemn those who have been silent because their action or inaction could put Mr Tinubu’s mandate in jeopardy.

“They are refusing to congratulate him and that is why we keep seeing people coming with all manner of attacks on the president-elect,” Mr Raji said on Monday morning. “It is very wrong because he was elected by Nigerians in a free and fair campaign.”

John Onaiyekan, a frontline Christian leader in Nigeria, President Joe Biden of the United States and several other religious and political leaders in Nigeria and beyond appeared to have withheld congratulatory messages to Mr Tinubu.

Mr Tinubu was declared winner of Nigeria’s February 25, 2023, presidential election in a race that pitted him against three formidable challengers. Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party came second, while Peter Obi of the Labour Party came third. Both politicians are now challenging Mr Tinubu’s emergence as president-elect, alleging Mr Tinubu’s ineligibility and irregularities in the conduct of the exercise. 

While Mr Onaiyekan has publicly disclosed his reasons for withholding any messages to Mr Tinubu, Mr Biden’s office has yet to state any grounds for its decision. Although the U.S. State Department congratulated Mr Tinubu, the president-elect’s supporters said a message from the White House would remove any doubts about the U.S. leader’s acceptance of the new Nigerian leader. In 2015, President Barack Obama congratulated Muhammadu Buhari on his election in that year’s election. 

“We have to defend the mandate freely given to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu because it is the right thing to do,” another protester Sherifat Yusuf said. “We cannot sit down and allow them to rob us of a mandate that was freely given to Asiwaju.” 

The protesters said they would make their demands regularly until Mr Tinubu is sworn in on May 29.

“Their silence is very loud at this sensitive period because people out there are thinking that something bad may happen to this new government,” Ms Yusuf said while on her way to the Unity Fountain venue of the rally. “We have to show support to Asiwaju until he is successfully sworn in as president to take our country to the next level.”

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As far as sane Nigerians are concerned, the Druggie is a mandate criminal. 😂😂

As far as sane Nigerians are concerned, PANDORA OBIDÎOT of Awkuzu Sars notoriety is a mandate thief. 😂 😂

SmartPolician:
As far as sane Nigerians are concerned, the Druggie is a mandate criminal. 😂😂

Are you saying that BAT is a Mandate Bandit?

Please we don't idiotic pigs congratulations,
They can wail till 2031

To congratulate nah by force?

Lolz,Paid and imported Miscreants. Nigerians don't want Tilumbu, is it by force?

Ashiwaju Jagaban Presido

SmartPolician:
As far as sane Nigerians are concerned, the Druggie is a mandate criminal. 😂😂

I know you are Igbo and when the consequence of these recklessness is now used to stereotype even innocent Igbo you will say the Yoruba hate you.

The population of Lagos Colony was analysed into 'Yoruba' and 'Non-Yoruba' tribes:

1. Eko tribe had fallen from 57% in 1872 to 23.6% 20 years later.
2. Popo or Egun tribe was 15.85%,

3. Other Yoruba groups
Oyo - 11.6%
Ijebu - 11.01%
Awori - 9.26%
Egba - 6.05%
Ijesha - 4.32%
Egbado - 3.63%
Ekiti/Efon people - 1.76%

4. Non-Yoruba groups
Nupe/Tapa - 1.86%
Hausa - 1.86%
The Kru - 1.37%.

Also, all the least votes in last election are from SE because you have the least population behind the 3 majority tribes of Hausa, Yoruba and Fulani.

24 🔵F Nwifuru (Ebonyi): 199,131
25 🟢A Otti (Abia): 175,466
26 🔴P MBAH (Enugu): 160,895



How in your mind you think the Yoruba who never knew your Igbo race or of Igbo existence about 100 years ago and never responsible for the small land mass of South east should become your symbol of hate beggars belief.

The Igbo are a minority population in Nigeria and do not have the number to attract the ticket of a leading party because that party will likely lose in a Presidential election even in the south.

Apart from the low Igbo population that serious Igbo politicians are aware of, the relentless obscene hate and bigotry from Igbo like you towards Asiwaju made Nigerians reject Mr Obi and the rejection was LOUD gan!

Wetin person no go hear inside mandate snatched matter.

PODATTI is coming

Only fellow thieves congratulate another for a successful robbery. In my whole life I have never seen where people protest over congratulatory messages which is usually freely given unsolicited. This is surely a stolen mandate begging for recognition and relevance

A stolen bread is like gravels in the mouth - The book of Proverbs.
A stolen mandate is the same as gravels in the mouth of urchins. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Imagine a so called winner of a free and fair election begging for congratulations? 😁 Truely theives have no honor. 🦇

Peter Obi and Datti will reclaim our stolen mandate.

Play, play, play; their eyes don dey clear small, small.

LMFAO 🤣🤣🤣

Is it by force to congratulate?

An Police will not band this one ooo

iloveyou82:
Please we don't idiotic pigs congratulations,
They can wail till 2031

You see your life ? You done dey where u dey Mumu u no fit make a simple correct sentence.

Mandate snatchers