The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations for
Tinubu/Shettima 2023 has called on the Presidential candidate of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and his Labour Party counterpart, Peter
Obi to withdraw the case against President Bola Tinubu and join hands with him
in the proposed national unity and all-inclusive government.
Both Atiku and Obi are in court challenging the declaration
of Tinubu of APC as the winner of the February 25 presidential election.
The group’s National Coordinator, Lilian Ogbole made the
call while addressing a press conference on Thursday in Abuja, saying the call
became imperative because the Tinubu-led administration has shown that it was
ready to work assiduously to install peace, development and progress in
Nigeria.
Ogbole noted that it was no news that well-meaning Nigerians all over the world and the international community at large are applauding and giving the president ovations for his decisiveness in tackling and containing serious national issues, and the transformational reforms and socio-economic policies and initiatives he has brought to the table in less than 30 days in office.
She stressed that the bold steps are gradually resulting in
accelerated relief and reassurance of hope in the President’s Renewed Hope Agenda
for not just Nigerians but the entire African continent.
Ogbole added that as stakeholders in the Nigerian project,
they deemed it imperative to call on all selfless, well-meaning Nigerians and
patriots across party lines to shield their swords and embrace this
transformational government of national unity and all-inclusiveness.
She stated: “We resolved to say unequivocally loud and
clear, here and now that the victory in the last presidential election is a
victory for all Nigerians regardless of their political affiliation and
alignment, religion or tribe, it is indeed a victory for Africa, the entire
black race and of course victory for the entire world and humanity at large; it
was a no victor no vanquish election.
“President Bola Tinubu’s government has thus far proved
beyond every reasonable doubt to be transformational in nature with huge
potential to reunite, revitalize, renew and reposition Nigeria for a
breakthrough to an uninterrupted era of progress and prosperity, hence the need
for all hands to be on deck.
“Even though we are aware that it is the fundamental right
of all aggrieved candidates to seek for redress in the court of law, in the
national interest we wish to use this avenue to crave the indulgence of all
aggrieved candidates who are seeking redress in the tribunal to withdraw their
litigations against the president and join hands with him in the proposed
national unity and all-inclusive government.”
The coalition noted that it was certain that the priority of
all candidates of other political parties was to do same selflessly in the
national interest, since Tinubu was playing out their intentions they could and
should go a step further to synergize with him to achieve the same patriotic
purpose,
The coalition stressed that this was the only way to prove
to the world that indeed, their struggles are not personal and selfish but
rather in the national interest and quest to restore the dignity of man through
the initiation and implementation of people-friendly policies and programmes.
It further urged all elder statesmen across the country to invite
all aggrieved parties to a round table meeting and appeal to them not to
subvert the will of the people through distractions but join hands with the
government that was willingly elected by Nigerians to change their story.
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