Secondus hails opposition candidate’s victory in Zambian election

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, has congratulated the Zambian opposition leader, Hakainde Hichilema, on his “deserving” victory at the nation’s presidential election.

A statement issued by his media aide in Abuja on Monday noted that the opposition leader was pronounced the winner by the country’s Electoral body after a landslide victory with over a million votes more than the incumbent President Edgar Lungu.

The statement affirmed that Hichilema got his victory on the sixth attempt having presented himself in five previous Presidential elections in the country.

Prince Secondus said that “it’s a sweet victory that will help to deepen democracy in Africa.”

He praised the Zambian Electoral Commission and the security agencies in the country for allowing the will of the people to prevail.

The party boss also commended the rare democratic posture of the defeated President in accepting defeat and promising a seamless transition to the opposition.

“This is how it should be. PDP did it in Nigeria in 2015 and stabilised our democracy,” the statement quoted Secondus as saying.

The PDP boss observed that what differentiates African democracy and the rest of the World is in the conduct of elections, pointing that once African countries start getting it right, “sky will be their limit.”

Prince Secondus called on other Africa countries to “take a queue from the good news coming out of Zambian democracy.”

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Secondus hails opposition candidate’s victory in Zambian election