By Chimezie Enyiocha
April 29, 2011 01:29AM
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Vice President Namadi Sambo has
given assurance that President
Goodluck Jonathan would involve all
Nigerians in his administration
irrespective of party affiliation, tribe
or religion.
Mr Sambo who made the
declaration shortly after casting his
vote at camp road polling unit
Kabala Doki, thanked Nigerians for
voting massively for PDP during the
presidential and governorship
elections.
"We thank God that today
everything is going very calm and
peaceful and I would like to use this
opportunity to express my
appreciation to all Nigerians for the
confidence bestowed in us during
the last presidential election.
Assuring Nigerians
"We want to assure Nigerians that
we will not fail them. Today the
trust will be seen and I must
congratulate all Nigerians for the
right decision." The vice president
alongside his wife, Amina voted
around 1.25pm amidst tight
security, just as there was low
turnout of voters in many polling
stations across the state. The low
turnout was attributed to fear of any
fresh violence during the election
coupled with the crisis that engulfed
the state last week.
He condoled the victims of the post
election violence that broke out in
some parts of the north, assuring
that all the culprits involved in the
mayhem would be brought to
book.
"I want to seize this opportunity to
also express my sincere sympathy
and condolence to the victims of the
last violence that took place and
pray that Almighty God will grant us
continued peace in this country.
"But I must also seize this
opportunity to inform Nigerians that
all culprits would be taken in
accordance to the law of this
country and this administration
would not sit down to allow people
to take law into their hands.
However, we are working hard to
ensure that the sad experience does
not occur again."
Mr Sambo said that investigation
into the recent crises will soon
commence and those that were
affected will be investigated and
proper investigation would be taken
to ensure that government does the
right thing in ensuring that people
do not unnecessarily suffer in this
country.