Atiku, PDP rejects PEPT Verdict, Instructs legal team to proceed to Supreme Court
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar, has rejected the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court which affirmed the election of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu.
Speaking at a press conference held at the party’s headquarters in Abuja, on Thursday, Atiku asked his lawyers to proceed to the supreme court to invalidate the tribunal verdict.
Atiku said, “I respect the judgement of yesterday but I refuse to accept it because it lacks justice. In the words of my mentor, Shehu Yar Adua, ‘losing a battle is less important than losing a war.’ We shall win the war of restoring confidence and restoring hope in our electoral system. The war is not over.”
Recall that the Presidential Election Petitions Court, on Wednesday dismissed the petitions filed by the APM, Labour Party and PDP challenging the election of Bola Tinubu as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The Tribunal, in its ruling affirmed the declaration of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC as the validly elected President of Federal Republic Of Nigeria.
