Labour Party presidential candidate Mr Peter Obi has congratulated the president-elect of Kenya, Mr William Ruto.
Mr Ruto who is the current Deputy president of Kenya had narrowly beat his rival, Raila Odinga, taking 50.49 per cent of the vote to win the keenly contested election.
In his congratulatory message, Peter Obi said the election was victory for democracy and the people of Kenya.
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I join the lovers of democracy worldwide to congratulate Mr. @WilliamsRuto on his emergence as Kenya’s President-Elect. It is indeed a victory for democracy and the people of Kenya. Our prayer is that Nigeria’s coming election will usher in a new Nigeria, where productivity will topple consumption in our scale of preference, so that our country will become a better place. – PO”