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Ibadan Hausa community celebrates Buhari’s victory
 
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Thu, 28 Feb 2019   ||   Nigeria,
 

The Hausa community in Ibadan, Oyo State on Wednesday threw a huge celebration following the declaration of President Buhari as the winner of the election.

CEOAfrica News source who happened visit the Sabo area of Ibadan reports that members of the community have been celebrating since early hours of Wednesday.

Both children, youths, elderly and the aged were full of excitement as they danced and chanted Sai Baba while demonstrating their fingers with four plus four symbol.

Also, members of the community purchased a cow to be slaughtered for the celebration.

The cow which was painted in the APC colours was dragged round the community by the excited members of the community.

Mallam Yahya Ahmed, a leader of the community said he could not quantify how happy he was on hearing the outcome of the election.

Hamzat Ahmed and Abdulmalik Sunday, who spoke on behalf of the community said they were happy their votes for Buhari counted.

They both commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for what they described as a transparent process.

On that note, the leadership of the APC Arewa Community in Sabo area also congratulated the president.

 

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