The Muhammadu Buhari/Osinbajo Dynamic Support Group has urged the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to exercise restraint in its desperation to put a gag on INEC, ahead of Saturday’s governorship and States Houses of Assembly Elections,
Alhaji Usman Ibrahim, the National Coordinator of the group said this at a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja.
Ibrahim said that the PDP’s target was to intimidate the commission and divert its attention from conducting the March 11 election.
He advised the party to concentrate on gathering evidences to substantiate its case at the tribunal since it alleged that the Feb. 25 election was characterised by malpractice.
Ibrahim added that the PDP protest in Abuja, does not in any way portray it and its members as true democrats.
“The act portrayed the PDP and its members as undemocratic forces bent on thwarting the remaining elections thus trying to jeopardise the hard earned democratic process because it lost the election.
“Interestingly, Tinubu’s election as the 6th democratically elected president of Nigeria has come to stay for the next four years and by the special grace of the Almighty God a second term of four years,”he said.
Ibrahim commended President Muhammadu Buhari for fulfilling his promise to deliver free, fair and credible election to Nigerians.
He also congratulated Tinubu, the President-elect, Sen. Kashim Shettima, the Vice-President elect and Senators and House of Representatives members elect.
Ibrahim added that their victory at the poll was well deserved, saying that the election was conducted in a free and fair atmosphere as attested by local and international election observers.
He said that Buhari’s commitment toward institutionalising a level playing field for the election yielded the desired results.
“Judging from the aforementioned, we make bold to say that a president that recorded such feat cannot in any way allow a flawed election as being bandied by the opposition parties who lost in the election.
“This is not to say that there were no hitches in the conduct of the election.
“In our estimation, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in the face of numerous challenges delivered on its promise of a free and fair elections,” he said.
He added that as much as the group appreciated the freedom of Nigerians to express their feelings, it was worried by blatant lies couched in the desperation to truncate the election victory of Tinubu.
He said the group was also at lost as to why men of high standing in the country would resort to using irrational approaches to pursue their political ambitions.
“Yes, the right to protest is constitutional in Nigeria and globally recognized but this lawful freedom must be exercised in tandem with every sense of decency.
“Interestingly, Tinubu’s election as the 6th democratically elected president of Nigeria has come to stay for the next four years and by the special grace of the Almighty God a second term of four years,”Ibrahim said.
He added that the group would not relent in its call to aggrieved politicians for them to explore legal means in pursuing their cases.
He said the group would stand firm against any illegal or ill-timed protest to subvert the voices of Nigerians who came out en-mass to vote for Tinubu and Shettima.
“Judging from the acceptance speech of the President-elect, the opposition is supposed to see an all-inclusive government underway,” he said.
He added that members of opposition parties should start prepping to join the monumental political force championed by Tinubu who is poised to build on the developmental strides of Buhari’s eight years in office.
“At a time like this, when Nigeria calls, let us put personal interests aside and support the onerous task of building a better nation in line with the dreams of her founding fathers.
“Because at this critical time, we need everybody on board,” Ibrahim said (NAN)
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