The Buhari Media Organisation,
BMO, has advised the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate in
the just-concluded election, Atiku Abubakar, to come to terms with his loss at
the poll.
BMO charged the former Vice
President to stop whipping up primordial sentiments and accept his loss, NAN
reports.
In a statement signed by its
Chairman, Niyi Akinsiju, and Secretary, Cassidy Madueke, on Friday in Abuja,
BMO said Atiku was still living in denial over his loss in the election.
It stated that since his loss to
President Muhammadu Buhari in the February 23 election, Atiku had been laying
claims to victory and holding clandestine meetings with sectional heads.
This, the BMO said, was clearly a
ploy by Atiku to instigate political disaffection in a section of the country
that gave him a large chunk of the votes he got on February 23.
“We at BMO see the move as
unbecoming of a former Vice President who, in spite of losing by almost four
million votes to a more popular President Buhari, still managed to get
reasonable votes,” it said.
The BMO maintained that the
outcome of the election showed that majority of Nigerians rejected the variant
of restructuring which Atiku attempted to sell to the people during his
campaign.
It said even after an
overwhelming majority of registered voters across the country turned their
backs on Atiku and his party, he believes he could still use restructuring as a
gambit to poison the minds of people.
The BMO added that Atiku should
realise that now that elections were over and he had opted to exercise his
democratic right to seek redress in court, he should not be seen in a gathering
where comments like no restructuring, no Nigeria were made.
It said it was convinced that
Atiku’s loss showed that more Nigerians were not interested in the type of
restructuring Edwin Clark and members of Afenifere were mouthing.
The organisation stressed that
while it recognises the constitutional rights of people like Edwin Clark, Ayo
Adebanjo and John Nwodo who were leaders in their own right, they should not go
beyond their boundary.
It maintained that elders from
some parts of the country should desist from making statements capable of
fanning the embers of hatred and division.
The group added that such elders
should not allow the bitterness of backing the losing horse in the election to
becloud their paternal instincts.
“The nation’s unity should be
paramount at this time, and if there are wounds that needed to be healed after
a bitter political campaign, this is the time for it, not for sabre-rattling,“
the BMO said.
It added that while some
sectional leaders had a right to support Atiku Abubakar to press on with his
election petition at the tribunal, they should also respect the right of the
majority of Nigerians.
The organisation insisted that
majority of Nigerians were satisfied with the progress the country was making
under President Muhammadu Buhari, and therefore voted for him to ensure continuity.
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