From Victor Akinkuolie, Ado-Ekiti
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The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP), Ekiti State chapter has called on the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) presidential candidate in the February
23 poll, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, not to contest President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in court.
The political organization urged Atiku to put Nigeria above primordial sentiment at this crucial time , by respecting the verdict of the citizens, who amplified their love for Buhari through the ballots.
The CNPP insisted that Atiku resorting to court action inspite of the credibility of the poll , as adjudged by local and international observers would be tantamount to pursuing personal agenda and taking actions that could immerse the nation into unprecedented crisis.
In the presidential election, Buhari of the All Progressives
Congress(APC) won in 19 states to trounce Atiku, who won in 17 States and Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
Speaking with journalists in Ado Ekiti on Thursday, CNPP Chairman, Ekiti chapter, Deacon Olu Akomolafe, praised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for not reneging on the promise to launch Nigeria’s image on the global map of a country that had accepted
democracy via a free and fair election.
Akomolafe said the elections of February23 attained international standard and said no patriotic Nigerian with glowing interest in the country’s unity would take legal action against the verdict of the masses.
He was elected Governor of Adamawa State in 1999 and later emerged as the Vice Presidential candidate to President Olusegun Obasanjo same year. They both won election together.
The CNPP leader , who congratulated President Buhari, urged him to rededicate himself to the service of the nation, by bringing more democratic dividends to the citizens’ doorsteps in his second term.