The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Social gathering, Atiku Abubakar, on Saturday evening, vowed to not legitimise the presidential election of February 25, 2023, as purported in a “pretend” press launch attributing him to giving legitimacy to the election.
Atiku stated that the so-called press launch neither emanated from him nor his workplace, including that it must be handled with repudiation, this as he stated it was unfaithful and intentionally contrived by those that “illegally appropriated the mandate of the Nigerian folks.”
Recall that some political events, politicians and international and native election observers had decried using violence, vote shopping for, voter intimidation, amongst others, throughout the 2023 common elections, because the PDP and the Labour Social gathering petitioned the courtroom to hunt redress over irregularities within the election conduct whereas rejecting its final result.
Atiku, talking in an announcement he signed on Saturday evening stated, “For the avoidance of any doubt, I want to state categorically that my legal professionals nonetheless have my unflinching mandate to problem the result of the February 25 presidential election.
“I be part of different lovers of democracy in Nigeria and associates of our nice nation within the outright rejection of the pre-determined final result of the February 25 election.”
The PDP presidential candidate identified that he would proceed to problem the legality of the election, alongside his social gathering, the PDP.
He stated “The choice to problem the sham election of February 25, the worst election in our democratic historical past, just isn’t predicated on my private curiosity however for the curiosity of Nigeria and its folks. It’s aimed toward deepening deepening democracy and making certain that we don’t confer legitimacy to an final result of illegitimacy.
“My dedication to the democratic battle in Nigeria is past an election season.”
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