Protest Rocks INEC Office As Atiku, PDP Take Anger to Commission's Headquarters
- The candidate of the PDP in the just concluded presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, has led the party's leaders and supporters to protest at the INEC headquarters in Abuja
- Joining in the protest were the national chairman of the PDP, Iyorchia Ayu and the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal
- Former senate president and BoT chairman of the PDP, Adolphus Wabara, was also part of the protest against Bola Tinubu's victory at the poll
FCT, Abuja - Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has led other party bigwigs to stage protests at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The leaders of the PDP arrived at the Legacy House, the party's headquarters, at about 11 am on Monday, March 6, while they were joined by other party faithful, The Nation reported.
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At about 11:10 am, the protest march started with the PDP national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu and other national working committee members of the PDP.
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Other chieftains of the PDP in the protest were Senator Adolphus Wabara, the chairman of the PDP Board of Trustees (BoT); Aminu Tambuwal, the governor of Sokoto state; Raymond Dokpesi; Boni Haruna, former governor of Adamawa state; and other chieftains of the party.
The opposition leaders are protesting with black attires against the victory of Bola Tinubu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and poll winner.
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Atiku had polled 6,984,520 votes to become first runner-up behind Bola Tinubu, the candidate of the APC, who garnered 8,794,726 votes to emerge the election winner.
The PDP, Labour Party and New Nigeria Peoples Party had called for the cancellation of the election during the collation and counting of votes, in which Tinubu was already taking the lead. Still, the electoral body continued with its job.
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Atiku holds "a frank and fruitful meeting" with ex-South African President, others
Legit.ng earlier reported that Atiku Abubakar, the PDP candidate in the recently concluded presidential election, has received the envoy of the Commonwealth Observation Mission to Nigeria's 2023 election.
The team were led by the former President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, just a day after INEC announced APC's Bola Tinubu as the poll winner.
Atiku was the first running-up in the election with 6,984,520 votes, while Tinubu garnered 8,794,726 votes to emerge as the winner.
Source: Legit.ng
