BY MOHAMMED MOHAMMED
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday evening spoke with Muhammadou Youssoufou, his Niger Republic counterpart to congratulate him on the peaceful conduct of the run-off elections in the West African state.
In a telephone conversation between the duo, Buhari also congratulated President Youssoufou on the provisional outcome of the elections in which the candidate of the ruling party, Mr. Bazoum Mohamed of the Party for Democracy and Socialism, PNDS Tarayya won with 55.75 percent against the former President Mr. Mahamane Ousmane of the RDR Tchanji.
Buhari joined international observers, including the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Union (AU), the United Nations (UN) missions and others in expressing satisfaction with the conduct of the elections.
While calling for peace, he urged all aggrieved persons to follow the due process of the law and to avoid the instigation of violence and other disruptive processes.
