Atiku Abubakar, Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate in the February 25 election, yesterday faulted last Thursday’s judgment of the Supreme Court that put an end to his quest to upturn the victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
A senior lawyer Wahab Shittu chided Atiku for his disparaging remarks of the Supreme Court, which he described as defamatory and uncharitable. “Obviously, the consequences of those decisions for the country will not end at the expiration of the current government. They will last for decades. I am absolutely sure that history will vindicate me.
The former Vice President said it would be difficult to convince Nigerians to vote in future elections, as their votes in the last election were “stolen and given to someone they did not vote for”. “Only lawlessness and anarchy will result from such, with violence, destruction and implosion and loss of our country likely to follow. I believe that we still have a small window to prevent these from happening. “I still believe that we can rescue this country from the strange imposters that have seized it illegally and are holding it by the jugular.” He said: “As for me and my party, this phase of our work is done. However, I am not going away.
“Rather their countries collapsed because of the incremental and compounding individual and collective utterances and actions of those leaders.” Atiku proposed further amendments to the Constitution that would prevent the courts or tribunals from deciding winners of elections in the future. “Thirdly, in order to ensure popular mandate and real representation, we must move to require a candidate for president to earn 50% +1 of the valid votes cast, failing which a run-off between the top two candidates will be held.
“This will prevent the ganging up of two or more geo-political zones to alternate the presidency among themselves to the exclusion of other zones. The spokesman added: “Strikingly, nowhere in his long epistle of a press statement did Atiku state that he won the election, corroborating the courts’ finding and decision that he did not win the election.
“However, to continue to deny and disrespect the collective will of Nigerians, disparage the judiciary, incite rage and call our democratic institutions into question is beyond the pale.
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