Election: Anyone Who Can Not Accept Defeat Does Not Deserve The Joy Of Victory – President Tinubu

On Monday, President Bola Tinubu stated that people who are unable to handle and accept the sorrow of losing an election do not deserve to experience joy in victory when it is their chance to do so.

In his speech to Nigerians to mark this year’s Democracy Day, Tinubu made this statement.

The All Progressives Congress candidate Tinubu was proclaimed the victor of the presidential election on February 25 by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party and Peter Obi of the Labour Party were beaten by Tinubu.

“This year, we held the seventh in the cycle of elections that have become sacred rituals of our democratic practise in this dispensation since 1999.

“That the polls were intensely contested is in itself positive evidence that democracy is well and alive in our land. It is only natural that even as those who won and experienced victory in the various elections are elated and fulfilled, those who lost are disenchanted and disappointed,” he said.

“But the beauty of democracy is that those who win today can lose tomorrow, and those who lose today will have an opportunity to compete and win in the next round of elections.

“Those who cannot endure and accept the pain of defeat in elections do not deserve the joy of victory when it is their turn to triumph.

“Above all, those who disagree with the outcome of the elections are taking full advantage of the constitutional provisions to seek redress in court and that is one of the reasons why democracy is still the best form of government invented by man.”

The PUNCH reports the president, in his speech, promised the judiciary more reports.

Tinubu had assented to a constitutional amendment bill bringing uniformity to the retirement age and pension rights of judicial officers last Thursday.