BREAKING: Atiku Rejects Tribunal Judgment, Says 'War is Not Over'

• Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, has said the war is not over in his mission to become Nigeria's president
• At a press conference on Thursday, he rejected the judgement of the presidential election petition court
• Atiku maintained that he had directed his lawyers to continue to pursue the case at the upper courts till the Supreme Court and urged his supporters to remain calm

FCT, Abuja - Atiku Abubakar, the flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 presidential election, has rejected the verdict of the Presidential election petition court.

He spoke at a briefing held at the party's national headquarters in Abuja on Thursday, September 7.

During the briefing monitored by Legit.ng, the former vice president revealed his position on the judgment.

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The tribunal had on Wednesday, September 6 upheld the declaration of Bola Tinubu as the president by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Reacting, Atiku said the decision of the court was commendable but noted he would not accept it because it was "bereft of justice".

The PDP chieftain referenced the words of his mentor, the late Shehu Yar'Adua, who he said once told him losing a battle was less important than losing a war.

The APC and a few opposition parties had rejected the election Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The opposition had alleged irregularities in the process that produced Tinubu as the president.

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The tribunal had during its ruling dismissed the petitioners' petitions over lack of evidence.

But at the briefing on Thursday, Atiku said the "war is not over".

His reaction reads in part:

“I respect the judgement of yesterday, but I refuse to accept it because it lacks justice. In the words of my mentor, Shehu Yar Adua, ‘losing a battle is less important than losing a war.’ We shall win the war of restoring confidence and restoring hope in our electoral system. The war is not over.”

See the video of the conference here:

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Legit.ng earlier reported that Justice Abba Mohammed, one of the panel members who delivered the judgment on the petition Atiku and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) against Tinubu, outlined four requirements of becoming Nigerian president.

Source: Legit.ng