Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25, 2023 election, has disagreed with the decision of the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) affirming President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s win.
Atiku declared he would not accept the decision during a news conference on Thursday in Abuja, per report by News About Nigeria.
He said, “I respect the judgement of yesterday but I refuse to accept it because it lacks justice. In the words of my mentor, Shehu Yar Adua, ‘losing a battle is less important than losing a war.’ We shall win the war of restoring confidence and restoring hope in our electoral system. The war is not over.”
The former Vice President had earlier said, “I am one of the foundations of this party and I’m still standing strong. This party gave birth to every other party. Any party you can think of, PDP is their mother”
Umar Ililya Damagum, the PDP’s acting chairman, had announced that the party would appeal the decision to the Supreme Court and urged supporters to maintain peace and observe the law.
On Wednesday, the tribunal, presided over by Justice Haruna Tsammani, declared that the Atiku plea was without merit.
The tribunal also dismissed the petition filed by the Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi.
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