President Muhammadu Buhari says that the February 25, 2023 election won by APC’s Bola Tinubu stands and that anyone who is aggrieved with the outcome should go to the court.
Presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, in a statement on Thursday, March 9, said that Buhari is against any plans to annul the elections which many have said was characterized by irregularities.
According to him, Buhari remained reticent about INEC’s criticism by “wishful thinkers” because he had long decided not to take any decision that would undermine the electoral process.
“President Buhari not only muted himself following the cacophony, he picked up international travel. Bola Tinubu’s election stands. If you are aggrieved, and you have the locus to do so, go to court,” the statement read.
He pointed out that before the President’s trip to Doha for the UN Conference, there were calls for the cancellation of the elections but that he had always maintained that the outcome of the election will be accepted by his government and must stand.
“The clear intent of this was creating an atmosphere of fear, polarising the public and demonising the administration of the President.
The wishful thinkers appeared to assume that the June 12, 1993 election crisis, the worst ever since the Civil War, could be recreated.
Those who sought to do this forgot what the President said at the palace of the Gbong-Gwon Jos, when he went to the city to inaugurate the Tinubu-Shettima campaign.
He said ‘this election will not be annulled; whoever is the winner will be president’,” the statement added.
