Buba Galadima, a chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party
(NNPP), says the party did not challenge the results of the February 25
presidential election because “Nigeria must move forward”.
Speaking in a chat with Arise TV on Wednesday, Galadima
claimed NNPP has the highest chance of overturning APC’s victory if a suit was
filed, but the part decided not to challenge the election.
He added that the party did not want to “destroy this
election” and give an opportunity to some “people who are waiting to establish
an interim government”.
Rabiu Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of NNPP,
finished fourth in the presidential election which was won by Bola Tinubu of
the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Both Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) have challenged the outcome of the
election and submitted petitions to contest Tinubu’s victory.
Although NNPP had initially called for the cancellation of
the election, citing voter suppression, intimidation, and vote buying, the
party never made its protest of the presidential poll official in court.
“I have said that if there is anybody that can go to court
successfully and challenge the mandate of the APC, it is the NNPP,” Galadima
said.
“One is because the
word ‘NNPP’ was not on the ballot and it is enough to cancel that election. And
our logo was unrecognisable. Also, the cumulative votes of Nigerians since 1999
have always been about 32 million to 34 million votes, but this time there were
less than 20 million voters.
“Our claim was that the reduction in number is because those
who came to vote for Kwankwaso did not vote because they could not see his logo
on the ballot.
“So, if we go to court to destroy this election, who is the
beneficiary? Nigeria must move forward. We also know that they are some people
who are waiting to establish an interim government and we never wanted to give
them the opportunity.”
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