Tinubu sues for peace, condemns ethnic slurs, election violence
*Says, it’s time for national healing; *Tinubu’s call after unleashing violence hypocritical, says Atiku; *Nigeria points way towards democracy in region it’s scarce —Washington Post President-elect, Asíwájú Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has condemned what he described as “isolated” cases of infractions, ethnic slurs and violence that trailed the 2023 General Elections, declaring that elections were now over for healing process to begin. But presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in a swift reaction, dismissed Tinubu’s call for healing after a violent election as the height of hypocrisy. These came as The Washington Post commended the general elections, stating that despite some obvious flaws in the process, the democratic system had held and was holding — far better, so far, than might have been expected. This, is even as the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Mohammed Sa’ad Abubakar III, and President-General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islam...