By Ife Osemedua
365Daily – Former Governor of Anambra State and Vice Presidential candidate of the PDP in the last election, Peter Obi, has congratulated Zambians over their last election, which he described as “African Example.”
Zambia recently held its presidential election, which has been commended across the world.
The opposition candidate, Hakainde Hichilema, defeated the incumbent, Edgar Lungu, who has led the Southern African nation since 2015.
He also congratulated the out-going President for showing maturity and the genuine spirit of sportsmanship.
Obi, in a press release, said he watched the Zambian electioneering process very closely and was satisfied by the conduct of all the parties, especially the government in power that did not have to do things untoward even when it was clear that they were losing the election.
Juxtaposing it with Nigerian election, Obi said that the people of Zambian have shown that election, “unlike what is sadly obtainable in Nigeria and most African countries is not war or atavistic throwback to the era of killing or getting killed, but a civilized act of allowing the people show their political preferences.”
He added that the Zambian election had shown that Africans are capable of organising elections if they embraced the right values, and called on Nigerian leaders, especially those in power, to learn from them for the good and progress of the country, reminiscence of how President Goodluck Jonathan handed over in 2015.