Nigeria’s former President, Muhammadu Buhari, has hailed the judgment of the Supreme Court that dismissed the petitions filed against President Bola Tinubu’s election.
Buhari, who supervised the February 25 presidential election as a sitting president of Nigeria said the judgment was a reaffirmation of the will of the majority of Nigerian people against the determined will of a "hard-fighting minority".
Our Reporters reported earlier that Nigeria's Supreme Court, on Thursday dismissed the petitions filed by the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour Party’s Peter Obi.
In a unanimous judgement delivered by Justice John Okoro, the seven-man panel justices ruled that the petitions by Abubakar and Obi lacked merit and consequently dismissed them.
Buhari, who shared his reaction on X (formerly Twitter) through his former Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Thursday, urged both Atiku Abubakar, and Peter Obi to team with the Tinubu-led administration for the benefit of Nigerians.
Shehu stated, “The former President repeated what he said on the earlier 6 September verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Court which affirmed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s victory that the decision is “a reaffirmation of the will of the majority of the people against the determined will of a hard-fighting minority.”
Buhari stated that the opposition (both Abubakar and Obi) had fought a “good fight,” adding that they should “take the hand of fellowship extended” by the Tinubu-led administration.
“Now that we have arrived at the last bus stop, after a tortuous 8-month of expensive legal journey, the nation deserves a break. The opposition has fought a good fight. Having now exhausted their rights as constitutionally allowed, they should take the hand of fellowship extended by the Tinubu/Shettima APC government.
“Let them allow the government to run their administration and the people to have the benefit of the promises the All Progressives Congress, APC made. Buhari urged Nigerians, especially those living in the urban areas, to exercise their civic rights to vote, “and this should change given the acceptance and vibrancy of democracy in Nigeria,” the post said.
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