The Presidency has described threat by the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, to go to court over the result of last Saturday’s Presidential elections as the ranting of a despondent failure.
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC on Wednesday declared President Muhammadu Buhari, who contested on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, winner with over 15 million votes while Atiku, who came second polled over 11 million and had a world press conference where he rejected the result and vowed to challenge it in court..
Addressing journalists after a dinner hosted by President Buhari for some of the APC members at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Boss Mustapha, said that PDP and its candidate can go to court as the Nigerian Constitution and the Electoral Act have made provisions for such.
His words: “We are not jittery at all because the process was open and transparent. It was a credible election and we will continue to savour in the victory but in the process too, we will extend the hand of friendship for the purpose of nation-building and reconciliation.
“Looking into the future of the country, the President is very clear about what he wants to do. He will stand on the three pivot points that he pushed forward in 2015; securing the nation, diversifying the economy and also fighting corruption with all intensity.
There will be inclusiveness all over the place. This is one government that has really invested in social infrastructure by bringing people who are below the poverty level up and out of poverty.
“There are so many things that we are looking forward to and I am very thrilled and grateful that we had this opportunity to now consolidate on the tenets and gains of our democracy.”