#NigeriaDecides: Buhari Urged To Concede Defeat To Atiku

Ahead of the official announcement of results of Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to concede defeat to his closest rival in the poll, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.

While Nigerians await results of the rescheduled elections that held across the country yesterday, the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Buhari to concede defeat to its candidate, Alhaji Atiku.

President Buhari of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed confidence that he would be re-elected into office, and wouldn’t have the need to applaud his opponent after the polls.

But speaking in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, the opposition party asked the President to accept defeat and handover the baton to its presidential candidate.

The statement said, “The PDP reminds President Buhari and the APC that the polling unit is the foundation of the election and all our agents and supporters already have the results in all the polling centers and voting points across the country.

“As such, our party is holding strongly to our results as already delivered by the people at the polling units and such cannot be altered.

“The PDP, therefore, counsels President Buhari and his APC to respect the will of the people and accept the verdict of the election. It is not for President Buhari to direct his campaign spokesperson to tell Nigerians that no party should rejoice.

“For us in the PDP, we already have the figures and we are aware that Nigerians in their resolve and consensus have settled their votes in favour of the people’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar, as the next President of our country.

“President Buhari should be prepared to take his defeat in good faith. After all, he will not be the first sitting President to lose in an election”.