Former Kano state Governor and national chairman of the ruling Party All Progressive Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has reacted to Tinubu’s victory at the presidential election petition tribunal.
The tribunal affirmed President Tinubu as the winner of Nigeria’s February 25 presidential poll.
Ganduje in his statement urged PDP and LP presidential candidates, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi to accept verdict of the tribunal. Noting that there would always be another round of elections whereby they can test their popularity and acceptability from the electorates.
The chairman who was so confident that the president will come out victorious also congratulated the Nigerian Judiciary for adjudicating on the issues arising from the presidential election without fear and favor and for doing the right thing.
He said that he had no doubt whatsoever in his mind that the president will come out victorious, considering the massive support Nigerians gave him and his teeming supporters who stood by the party through thick and thin before and during the Presidential Election.
“I had no doubt whatsoever in my mind that the President would come out victorious, considering the massive support Nigerians gave him and our party the APC before and during the Presidential Election”.
“May I also congratulate the Nigerian Judiciary for adjudicating on the issues arising from the presidential election without fear and favor by doing the right thing with this judgment, a precedent has been set for electoral matters in the country”.
“The judgment attests to the fact that the rule of law would always reign supreme and our hard-earned democracy would further continue to blossom beyond limits”.
“For the opposition, I urge you to accept the verdict of the tribunal. There would always be another round of elections whereby you can test your popularity and acceptability from the electorates. Once more, I congratulate President Tinubu, our teeming supporters who stood by the party through thick and thin,” said Ganduje.
Recall that, the electoral umpire announced the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, to have scored the highest number of votes — 8,794,726, almost two million votes more than his closest rival — former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who polled 6,984,520 votes and the labour party candidate (LP) in less than a year had 6,101,533 votes.
Dissatisfied with the outcome of the election, both Atiku and Obi approached the court to invalidate it.