Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the just-concluded general elections, has again refused to acknowledge the loss to the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, claiming his win was flawed.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Tinubu the victor of the February 25 election, which was marred by the commission’s failure to transmit polling unit results in real time as promised.
Despite the ruling APC’sAPC’s attempts to legitimise its victory, Atiku claimed he won the presidential election.
On Thursday, May 11, 2023, he addressed a PDP Governors Forum reception and award ceremony at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja.
At the gathering, the former Vice President urged party members to stay focused on winning back the party’sparty’s mandate in court.
Atiku also urged party members to solve the mystery of the party’sparty’s decline from being the oldest and most influential political party in 1999 to its current miserable position.
“”Next time, this kind of event can be planned earlier in the day to provide us more time so that all the concerns and challenges facing the party can be discussed,”” the former Vice President told the event organiser, hinting that he had more to say.
In his welcome remarks, PDP GF Chairman and Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal reviewed the forum’sforum’s history and accomplishments.
On Monday, May 8, 2023, the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal began hearing petitions from five opposition parties challenging Tinubu’s election, Pulse reports.
After four days before Abuja’sAbuja’s Court of Appeal, the Action People’sPeople’s Party (APP) and Action Alliance (AA) withdrew their applications.
