The vice presidential candidate
of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the February 23, 2019 presidential
election, Peter Obi has said that by challenging the outcome of the election in
court, the party’s standard bearer, Atiku Abubakar, and the party have chosen
the most civilised manner to seek redress and grow the nation’s democracy.
According to Obi, it would have
been suicidal if the PDP and Atiku had failed to approach the court to seek
redress on the outcome of the election.
Obi eulogised the former vice
president for always standing for democracy and the PDP for successfully
nurturing it for 16 years and conducting one of the most credible elections it
lost and seamlessly handed over.
Obi, in a short statement from his media office soon after they filed petition against the
victory of President Muhammadu Buhari and his party, the All Progressives
Congress, APC, in Abuja on Monday, said that all lovers of democracy and
justice should be happy with the development.
The former Anambra governor said,
“that it would have been suicidal to ignore the monumental fraud that
characterized the February 23 Presidential election 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.”
Obi called on all Democrats to
remain prayerful and remain focused knowing that victory is sure to come the
way of those who seek justice and fairness.
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