US Election: PMB Congratulates US President-elect Trump

This comes after other world leaders have also sent congratulatory messages to the U.S President-elect, who had a stunning victory over his female counterpart, Hillary Clinton.

One person that had been described as Trump’s supporter by Mrs Clinton, Mr Vladimir Putin, also sent a congratulatory message to the president-elect.

In a telegram to Mr Trump, Russian president congratulated Mr Trump and expressed confidence that Washington and Moscow would deepen relations.

President Buhari who sees the outcome as a triumph of the will of the people, also expressed that he looks forward to working with Trump.

This according to him is to strengthen the already established friendly relations between both countries on several fronts including foreign policy priorities, anti-terrorism, peace and security, economic growth and democracy.

After an election campaign that has been described as divisive and intensely contested; Donald Trump is set to become the 45th U.S. president following his victory.

Delivering his victory speech, Trump said he would uphold a united America and reclaim the nation’s destiny when he takes over.

He went on to praise his opponent saying: “she fought very hard. She has worked
very long and hard over a long period of time. We have a sense of gratitude for her service”.

Furthermore, while Trump preached unity, he also promised to be  a “President to all American people”, a statement which has so far been greeted with much criticism by analysts who say it is in sharp contrast to many obnoxious comments made by him during his campaign trail.

He however stated that “while the campaign is now over, the work on this movement, is not only just beginning”.

After it was observed that Donald Trump has edged closer to winning the White House with a series of shocking wins in battleground state on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton’s campaign chair, John Podesta, had asked supporters to go home.

She is yet to give her concession speech.