President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed the ruling of the Supreme Court, dismissing the case brought before it by former vice-president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Garba Shehu, has said
\nBuhari, again, thanked the people of Nigeria for the mandate they gave to him to run the affairs of the country for another four years, Shehu added.
\n\u201cThe Government \u2013 and people of Nigeria \u2013 have been aware that the result of the February 23, 2019, presidential election has been settled now for some eight months.
\n\u2018\u2018President Buhari was re-elected by an absolute majority of 55.6 per cent of the national vote, with Nigerians casting nearly 4 million more votes for President Buhari than his nearest challenger \u2013 representing a margin close to 15 per cent of the total vote.
\n\u201cThe former Vice President and his political party exercised their rights, under the Nigerian Constitution and electoral laws, to petition the courts and dispute this result.
\n\u2018\u2018They did so first at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal which ruled in September 2019 against them. Now – following his appeal to the Supreme Court and its ruling to dismiss their case for \u201clacking merit\u201d \u2013 this matter is now closed.
\n\u201cThe President and Government of Nigeria do wish to extend our gratitude to former vice-president and his party for undertaking their campaign through protestations to the courts.
\n\u2018\u2018In this regard they have conducted themselves in line with the laws of the country they sought to lead.
\n\u201cNow, following this final legal bid before the highest court, it is time the country is afforded the right to move on \u2013 in the interest of all Nigerians \u2013 regardless of how they voted.
\n\u201cThe elected President, and his Government now must be enabled to focus solely on addressing the issues that concern the country.
\n\u2018\u2018From building economic empowerment and opportunities for the nearly 200 million Nigerians, 60 percent of whom are youths bubbling with energy, to defeating the twin ills of terrorism and corruption, there is much work to do.
\n\u201cSo too must the opposition be afforded the right to focus directly on their vital role of holding the administration to account for its decisions.
\n\u2018\u2018The governance of a democracy only functions as it should when those checks on the executive are in place – and utilized.
\n\u201cThe opposition, as much as the government, must now move on – and without the need for further distractions\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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