The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) has described the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the February 23 poll, Abubakar Atiku, to reject the outcome of the poll as dangerous step capable of truncating the relative peace being enjoyed in the country.
The body also urged Atiku to act as a statesman who had benefitted from electoral benevolence from Nigerians and congratulate President Muhammadu Buhari.
Olu Akomolafe, the CNPP chairman in Ekiti State chapter, while speaking with newsmen in Ado-Ekiti, commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for conducting what he termed a credible poll.
“Atiku shouldn’t take any action that could truncate the system or jeopardise the relative peace in the country. He should act like a true statesman the way former President Goodluck Jonathan did in 2015 when he lost in the same way.
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“Alhaji Atiku had received the electoral benevolence of Nigerians thrice and these are worth being considered in Nigeria’s situation today.
“He was elected governor of Adamawa State in 1999 and later emerged as the Vice Presidential candidate to President Olusegun Obasanjo same year. They both won election together,” Akomolafe reasoned.
“His election with Gen. Obasanjo was further revalidated in 2003, and having enjoyed this, we expected that he should put Nigeria first and accord the verdict of the people with respect,” he stated
