By Jennifer Y Omiloli
On Wednesday, Senate President Ahmad Lawan urged the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the party to accept defeat.
Lawan in reaction to the Apex Court’s rejection of Atiku’s and PDP’s appeal, according to a statement by his Special Adviser (Media), Ola Awoniyi, praised President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressive Congress (APC) on the “indelible judicial seal the Supreme Court has put on their victory in the presidential election of February 23 this year.”
“Now that the litigation is over, we should all rally as one people behind the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, in his commitment to building the great nation of our dream.
“The petitioners should gracefully accept the final verdict of our court of law while the winners should demonstrate magnanimity by extending the hand of fellowship to the opposition with a view to carrying all Nigerians along in the arduous task of nation-building,” Lawan said.
In a related event, Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives, described President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory at the Supreme Court as a democratic victory.
Gbajabiamila said in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Lanre Lasisi, that the president’s victory at the February presidential poll was never in doubt, however, Nigerian democracy was tested by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
The speaker went ahead to express his appreciation of the final victory.
