2023 Presidency: Atiku Begins Move to Stop Tinubu's Victory? Melaye Spills
- There is an indication that the PDP's presidential candidate in the last election, Atiku Abubakar, will be heading to court soon over the conduct and results of the poll
- This was as Dino Melaye, the spokesman of the PDP's campaign team, said on Wednesday, March 1, Atiku will retrieve his mandate
- Melaye, a former Kogi senator, described Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu's election victory as a grave injustice
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Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just-concluded presidential election, has decided to challenge the results of the poll.
In a statement on Wednesday, March 1, a spokesman of the PDP Presidential Campaign Committee, Dino Melaye, said the party will not relent in its decision to retrieve its mandate that was stolen, Daily Trust reports.
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Describing the victory of President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a grave injustice which will not stand, Melaye called on Nigerians and supporters of the PDP not to be perturbed over recent developments associated with the last general polls.
The former Kogi senator noted:
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“A clarion call on all Atiku’s supporters all over the world not to be perturbed. Weeping may tarry till night but joy cometh in the morning.
“This grave injustice shall not stand. The battle to retrieve our stolen mandate is a battle of no retreat, no surrender. We shall overcome."
Why Tinubu wants to reconcile with Obi, Atiku, Kwankwaso
Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, has constituted a reconciliation committee to meet with Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Rotimi Akeredolu, the governor of Ondo state, disclosed this on Wednesday, March 1, adding that elders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) dominate the reconciliation committee.
Other presidential candidates the committee will meet are Peter Obi of the Labour Party and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).
Akeredolu spoke at the presentation of certificates to the president and vice president-elect in Abuja.
During the poll, Tinubu garnered 8,794,726 votes ahead of his closest rival, Atiku, who secured 6,984,520 votes, while Obi got 6,101,533.
Source: Legit.ng
