France President Emmanuel Macron has congratulated Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu, over his victory in the recently concluded election.
The President-elect confirmed this to newsmen after presenting his Certificate of Return to President Buhari in his country home, Daura, Katsina State, on Wednesday night, 1 March.
Tinubu, who was reacting to questions on messages of congratulations he so far received since his declaration by INEC as President-elect, said
“Oh very many, many of that, in fact as far as Europe, the stock market reacted positively well, there was a goodwill message from Macron, the President of France.”
On his mission to Daura, the president-elect said: ”I came to present the certificate of return to him (Buhari) as the party leader and commend his efforts in supporting democracy in Africa.”