The Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress, APC has cautioned politicians not to truncate Nigeria’s democracy by calling for a total cancellation of the February 25 Presidential election.
The Special Adviser to the APC Presidential Candidate on Media, Public Affairs and Strategic Communications, Mr. Tunde Alake gave the caution at a press briefing at the Campaign headquarters in Abuja.
Seek justice
He said political parties and individuals who are not satisfied with the process should seek justice in court.
The APC held the briefing following a briefing by some opposition political parties, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Labour Party, LP and the African Democratic Congress, ADC.
These opposition parties at their briefing called for a total cancellation of the election and for the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu to step down from his position.
Cancellation of the election
However, the APC said the demands of the opposition parties were against the Constitution of Nigeria.
According to Mr. Alake, calling for cancellation of the election is treasonous.
He advised the Presidential Candidates of the Labour Party and Peoples Democratic Party to accept defeat.
“We call on Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, to emulate former President Goodluck Jonathan by conceding defeat. This election has already been won by our candidate, according to the results declared at the collation centres in the state. In 2015, President Jonathan did not wait for INEC to finish collation before he called President Muhammadu Buhari and congratulated him in the true spirit of democracy and sportsmanship,” he said.
Mr. Alake further urged INEC to speed up the process of announcing results in order to diffuse the tension in the polity.
He further appealed to the youths to conduct themselves peacefully and desist from beating drums of war due to the outcome of the election.
Lateefah Ibrahim
