Bola Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called for calmness among his supporters in Lagos following his defeat in the state in the presidential election.
In a statement on Monday, Bayo Onanuga, director, media and publicity of the APC presidential campaign council, said Tinubu appealed to the people to be calm and eschew violence.
“Tinubu said the outcome of the election in Lagos where Labour Party won the presidential election should not be a source of provocation saying that the beauty of democracy is that people have a right to vote for the candidate of their choice,” the statement reads.
The APC candidate further said that as a democrat he is bound to accept the outcome of any election whether favourable or not.
He expressed serious concern over reports of violence in parts of the state especially reported attacks on some traders of Igbo origin.
The former Lagos State Governor condemned any form of violence against people of any ethnic group in Lagos.
Obi defeated Tinubu who polled 572, 606 votes, and Atiku Abubakar of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who got 75, 750 votes.