Tinubu victory speech after Nigeria election win

(1 Mar 2023)
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Abuja, Nigeria - 1 March 2023
1. Various of Bola Tinubu, Nigerian elected president for the All Progressives Congress , arriving at the APC headquarters waving his hand greeting supporters
2. Various of Tinubu and others raising their fists celebrating
3. Wide of Tinubu taking seat next to (right) his vice president Kashim Settima and Tinubu’s wife Oluremi Tinubu
4. Mid of Tinubu and Settima
5. Various of Tinubu and others praying
6. Various of Tinubu and others on a table
7. Close of Settima
8. Tinubu moving to the stage
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Bola Tinubu, Nigerian elected president for the All Progressives Congress (APC) party (rough transcription)
"This is a shining moment in the life of any man and an affirmation of our democratic existence, from my heart and truly from my heart, I say thank you very much."
10. Mid of Tinubu speaking next to Settima and his wife
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Bola Tinubu, Nigerian elected president for the All Progressives Congress (APC) party (rough transcription)
“I (take) this opportunity also to again, to appeal to my fellow contestants to let us team up together. It is the only nation we have. It is one country that we must build together. We won together. To put broken pieces together, we must work for the unity, happiness and the harmony."
12. Mid of Tinubu speaking
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Bola Tinubu, Nigerian elected president for the All Progressives Congress (APC) party:
"We are the same country but for me (if) one does in other countries, we can do it here. I promise I'll work with you to make Nigeria the destination of returning home to contribute to the development of ours country"
14. Mid of Tinubu
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Bola Tinubu, Nigerian elected president for the All Progressives Congress (APC) party:
"Not to talk of the lapses, few lapses that were reported were relatively few in number and were immaterial to affect the final outcome of this election. Let's be realistic, what is on the (inaudible) report reliable? Yes, I say so, the international community say so, and arithmetic say so."
16. Various of Tinubu leaving
STORYLINE:
Ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu was declared the winner of Nigeria's presidential election early Wednesday, with the two leading opposition candidates already demanding a revote in Africa's most populous nation.
Election officials' overnight announcement was likely to lead to a court challenge by his main rivals Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi.
Abubakar also finished second in the last vote in 2019, then appealed those results before his lawsuit ultimately was dismissed.
Tinubu's ruling All Progressives Congress party urged the opposition to accept defeat Tuesday and not cause trouble after they had demanded a revote saying that delays in uploading election results had made room for irregularities.
Tinubu received 37% of the vote, or nearly 8.8 million, while main opposition candidate Abubakar won 29% with almost 7 million.
Third-place finisher Obi took 25% with about 6.1 million, according to the results announced on live television by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
The president-elect thanked his supporters in the capital, Abuja, after his victory was announced and struck a reconciliatory tone in a message directed at his political adversaries.
“I take this opportunity to appeal to my fellow contestants to let us team up together," Tinubu said. “It is the only nation we have. It is one country and we must build together.”
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