Former Vice-Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP), Peter Obi, has explained why former Vice President
Atiku Abubakar and the opposition party are challenging President
Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in the February 23 election.
In a statement on Tuesday, Obi believed that the Atiku and the
PDP approached the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to grow
the nation’s democracy.
He commended the former vice president and the party for
choosing what he described as the most civilised manner to seek
redress.
According to the former Anambra State governor, Atiku is always
standing for democracy while the PDP has nurtured it for 16 years
and conducted one of the most credible elections it lost and
seamlessly handed over.
He asked the lovers of democracy and justice to be happy with
the development, noting that it would have been suicidal to ignore
“the monumental fraud” and let it go unchallenged.
“By challenging the fraud, we have decided to deepen democracy
the civilised way as a party and a people that believe in the rule
of law,” the statement said.
Obi called on all Democrats to remain focused, stressing that
victory would always come the way of those who seek justice and
fairness.
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