Obasanjo congratulates Biden, Harris on election

Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Saturday described the election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as United States President-elect and Vice President-elect respectively as “victory of good over evil”.

In a congratulatory letter by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, the former president congratulated the duo of Biden and Harris for achieving the feat.

Since World War II, only two other presidents who sought a second term from voters have failed: Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush. Donald Trump became the third on Saturday.

Biden, 77, is the oldest candidate ever elected to the White House. Trump, 74, has made as yet unsubstantiated claims of massive voter fraud, and his campaign has launched legal challenges in several states.

Biden spent eight years as vice president to Barack Obama. His victory comes in his third run for the nation’s highest office.

Obasanjo in his message of congratulation 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 U.S. We in Africa are proud of her success.”