Niger Delta minister Umana congratulates Tinubu, Akpabio

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Umana Okon Umana has congratulated Nigeria’s President-elect Bola Tinubu for his victory at the poll.

Mr Tinubu, a candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), defeated 17 other candidates, including Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, to emerge as the winner of the 25 February election.

Mr Umana, who is a chieftain of the APC and the 2015 governorship candidate of the party in Akwa Ibom State, said in a statement issued on Wednesday that Mr Tinubu is “a man of vision, who would harness human resources to further the collective interest of Nigerians”.