Former President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his satisfaction with the ruling of the Petition Court for the Presidential Elections (PEPC) which affirms Tinubu Ball as the winner of the presidential elections on February 25.
The former president also praised the five-member PEPC panel for opposing “bullying” to deliver justice.
Garba Shehu, senior special adviser, media and publicity to the former president, made it known in a statement on Thursday.
Photos of the court of electoral petitions
The five-member PEPC committee, headed by Haruna Tsammani, unanimously rejected petitions questioning Tinubu’s victory in the presidential election on Wednesday.
PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar and his Labor Party (LP) counterpart Peter Obi, as well as the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), had filed petitions challenging the APC’s Tinubu victory in the election.
Shehu, stated in his statement, the former president is happy with the PEPC ruling.
Former President Muhammadu Buhari and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. [PHOTO CREDIT: Twitter handle of Tinubu]“Former President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his joy at the ruling of the Court of Appeals for the Presidential Elections confirming the victory of the All Progressives Congress and its candidate, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and his running mate, Vice President Kashim Shettima, in the February 25 elections.
“The former president said that the PEPC has ‘written history’ by rejecting intimidation and all kinds of prejudice to deliver justice under the law to a majority of citizens who want their decisions to be respected.
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“If someone has won today, it is democracy and the people,” and he adds “with the verdict of the Presidential Elections Petition Court, the electoral period has ended and it is time to leave the heat and dust behind,” the document reads. release.
Buhari also urged Nigerians to give full support to the Tinubu administration to fulfill its promises.
“From now on, the new APC administration, headed by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, should get everyone’s support so that he can fulfill the promises he made to the people.
Former President Muhammadu Buhari delivers a speech in the House of Representatives. [PHOTO: Presidency]“The former president also expressed his thanks to all citizens for keeping the peace during this period and prayed for continued progress and development under the APC rule.
“He sends warm congratulations to the president, the vice president and the Congress of All Progressives for the victory in the courts, expressing his best wishes so that the aspirations of the people are fulfilled,” the statement added.
The February presidential elections were held under the Buhari presidency.
He had advised those harmed by the election to seek redress in the courts instead of taking to the streets.
The former president, who is also an APC member like Mr. Tinubu, handed over power to the latter on May 29 at the end of his second four-year term.