Obasanjo Hails Biden’s Victory, Sets Agenda For US President-Elect

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has congratulated Joe Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris over their victory in the US election.

The former Nigerian president said in a congratulatory letter on Saturday that the electoral victory of the Democratic Party’s candidates was victory of good over evil.

Obasanjo’s congratulatory letter was issued on his behalf by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi.

Obasanjo said, “It is victory of good over evil and it is not victory for you and the people of America alone, but victory for most people of the world, majority of whom watch helplessly as the world that had been steadily and painstakingly built since the end of the Second World War was being pulled down.

“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.

“President-Elect Joe Biden must 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.

“I felicitate with Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris as the first female Vice-President of the US We in Africa are proud of her success.”

Biden had been projected by many US based television stations to have won the US presidency over Donald Trump, a victory sealed after the Democrat claimed several key battleground states won by the Republican incumbent in 2016.