The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate,
Atiku Abubakar, has denied congratulating President Bola Tinubu over his
victory at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.
Atiku described the reported statement of him congratulating
Tinubu over the outcome of the tribunal outing as fake news being orchestrated
by those desperately looking for validation for the usurpation of the mandate
of Nigerians.
In a statement by his Media Aide, Paul Ibe, Atiku said he
could not have validated electoral banditry because doing so would have
amounted to a rape on the conscience of Nigerians who have struggled for years
to entrench electoral integrity.
According to Ibe: “If their conscience is clear and they are
convinced that their victory is valid, they don’t have to blackmail their
political opponents into congratulating them through fake news.
“Why should a man be desperate for validation? Does truth
require validation? Why should you issue a congratulatory statement and
attribute it to Atiku if your conscience is not troubled by the electoral heist
you have perpetrated?
Contrary to the fake news being circulated by Tinubu
propagandists, Atiku said he has directed his lawyers to proceed to the Supreme
Court to challenge the judgement of the election petition tribunal.
To confirm that the purported message is fake and
pedestrian, Atiku said Tinubu was addressed as the “President-elect.”
“Though we know it is a pyrrhic victory, is it not
ridiculous to still address Bola Tinubu as “President-elect” five months after
swearing-in?
“This struggle is not about Atiku; it’s about Nigeria and
the future of our democracy. By allowing election riggers to get away with
their misdeeds, our democracy will be in greater jeopardy. Consent is essential
to democratic mandate; ruling people against their will undermines everything
democracy stands for.”
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