Joe Biden: 'US election is victory of good over evil' - Obasanjo
Thompson Nsisongabasi
Nov 07, 2020
Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has congratulated Mr. Joe Biden of Democratic Party on his victory as the President-elect of the United States of America.
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Obasanjo, in a statement by his Media Assistant, Kehinde Akinyemi, described Biden's win as a victory of good over evil.
Biden is projected to have defeated the incumbent US President, Donald Trump, having garnered more than 270 Electoral College votes as of Saturday.
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Reacting, Obasanjo tasked Biden to "restore confidence in the role of America as the largest economy in the world which has a very significant responsibility for the peace, security, stability and progress of the world, saying "the election was a victory of good over evilÔÇØ which was for most people of the world.ÔÇØ
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He lamented that "the majority of the people had watched helplessly as the world was being pulled down.ÔÇØ
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"Not that the world was perfect and equitable, but it was reasonably predictable with some measure of rule of law and respect for international agreements and treaties,ÔÇØ it was stated.
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Obasanjo said he was reasonably sure that the first Africa-America female Vice President-elect of the US, Kamala Harris, "will have some Nigerian DNA in her as most of those taken to the carribean from Africa went from Nigeria of today.ÔÇØ
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