Northern Governor Predicts Outcome of Presidential Election Petition Tribunal

• Chieftains of Nigeria's main opposition party expressed confidence the election tribunal will rule in their favour
• Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state disclosed at an event in Abuja that the mandate of the PDP would be restored and Atiku Abubakar would be restored as the president of Nigeria
• The PDP leaders at the event, further noted that the judiciary remained the last hope of the ordinary Nigerian man

The governor of Sokoto state and chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum, Aminu Tambuwal, has predicted the outcome of the presidential election petition tribunal.

Tambuwal said he was confident that the tribunal would restore the mandate of PDP presidential candidate and former vice president Atiku Abubakar, as president of Nigeria, ThisDay reported.

PDP assured of victory at tribunal

Tambuwal spoke at a reception and send-forth organised by the forum for its incoming governors and outgoing state chief executives, respectively, The Punch reported.

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Atiku, too, assured the gathering that PDP would recover its mandate, because the party did not lose the February 25 presidential election.

Tambuwal stated:

“We have the confidence that at the end of the day, the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar, will be restored as the constitutionally elected president. From what is on ground, we are confident that the mandate will be restored. We see him as the incoming president.”

Meanwhile, after the Saturday, February 25 election, which produced Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner, the PDP flagbearer, Atiku and Labour Party's Peter Obi has vowed to challenge the APC's victory at the tribunal.

Prominent pastor reveals 2 things tribunal judges must avoid

Primate Elijah Ayodele of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church has sent a warning message to judges of the presidential election petition court.

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The cleric urged the judges to avoid passing judgments that will further disunite the country.

Ayodele was speaking on the outcome of the February 25 presidential election that produced Bola Tinubu as president-elect.

The opposition parties, including Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party, have kicked against the declaration of Tinubu, the flagbearers of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and are already challenging the results at the tribunal.

“I didn't lose 2023 presidential election”, Atiku insists

The PDP flagbearer, Atiku Abubakar, has again maintained that he won the 2023 presidential election.

Speaking at a reception organised by the party's governors forum, he said the PDP must stay together and focus on how to regain what he described as its stolen mandate.

Atiku also advised members to examine how the PDP receded from being the oldest and dominant political party in 1999 to its present status.

Source: Legit.ng