The Presidency has informed opposition parties: the People’s Democratic Party and the Labour Party that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) results stands.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said this in in a piece chronicling key takeaways from the President’s recently-concluded trip to Doha, Qatar, where he attended the 5th United Nations summit on Least Developed Countries.
He said despite alleged irregularities and harsh criticism of the INEC, the results of the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections still stand until otherwise proven in court.
Recall that INEC declared the All Progressives Congress Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, as the winner of the election.
He also ruled out any possibility of annulling the presidential elections as was done on June 12, 1993; advising aggrieved candidates of the opposition parties to pursue redress in court instead.
He said, “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 clear intent of this was creating an atmosphere of fear, polarising the public and demonizing 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: ‘this election will not be annulled; whoever is the winner will be president.”