President Muhammadu Buhari has described
the ruling of the presidential election petition tribunal on the February 23,
2019 poll, as a victory for Nigerians who trooped out to overwhelmingly elect
him for a second term in office.
Speaking shortly after the
tribunal upheld his victory, the president said he was not worried about the
petition filed to challenge the outcome of the election because he knew that
Nigerians elected him.
“Good conscience fears no evil
report. I was unperturbed all along, because I knew Nigerians freely gave us the
mandate. We are now vindicated,” Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, quoted
Buhari to have said.
Adesina said Buhari dedicated the
victory to God, and to Nigerians, while also commending the judiciary for
“dispensing justice without fear or favour.”
He said the president has
extended a hand of fellowship to those who had felt aggrieved at the outcome of
the election, and went to court, noting that it was within their democratic
rights.
“It is time for the country to
move forward as one cohesive body, putting behind us all bickering and
potential distractions over an election in which Nigerians spoke clearly and
resoundingly,” he was quoted to have said.
Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the election, had asked the tribunal to
declare him winner, arguing that the election was rigged in favour of Buhari.
But at the tribunal, Mohammed
Garba, the lead judge, said the PDP and Atiku failed to provide enough evidence
to support the claims in the petition.
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