Former military Head of State, retired General Ibrahim Babangida has congratulated Bola Tinubu on his election as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

In a statement issued by his media office, Babangida commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for midwifing an election which he said would lead to a new Nigeria.

He also commended Nigerians for coming out en masse to exercise their voting rights and electing someone like Tinubu as the next president.

Babangida further noted that Tinubu is coming from the background of a performer who loves his people with all his hearts and who knows how to put a round peg in a round hole.