President Muhammadu Buhari has urged opposition parties to accept the verdict of the court.
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Buhari made this call during his nationwide broadcast on Sunday, in Abuja, ahead of the election tribunal hearing which begins on Tuesday, May 30.
He said;
Irrespective of the outcome of the various cases, I urge all parties involved to accept the decision of our courts and join hands to build a better Nigeria.
The Independent National Electoral Commission declared Bola Tinubu of the governing All Progressives Congress as the winner of the Presidential polls held a week earlier, having polled 8,794,726 votes.
The commission declared that Atiku came second with 6,984,520 votes, while it announced Labour Party’s Peter Obi as the second runner-up with 6,101,533 votes.
Buhari also touted incoming President Bola Tinubu as the best candidate amongst the contestants in the recently-concluded elections.
Tinubu, who contested under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, won a close elections with his opponents, seeking redress at the courts over the results.
In his broadcast, Buhari said;
To my fellow brother, Tinubu, your ambition is to put Nigeria among the leading nations in the world and I have no doubt about your yearning for competence and equity. This means you will take the country higher than I did. You are the best candidate among all the contestants and Nigerians have chosen well.
