The Director General Confederation of APC Support Groups, Engr. Khailani Muhammad has congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Vice president Kashim Shattima and the All Progressives Congress (APC) on their victory at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.
The Presidential Election Petitions Court has held that the Labour Pary (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, failed to specify how they scored the majority of lawful votes in the February 25 presidential election.
In the lead judgment read by Justice Abba Bello Mohammed, said the political party made generic allegations of irregularities, suppression of votes and corrupt practices to rob them of their votes, especially in Rivers, Benue, Lagos, Taraba, Imo and Osun states but failed to specify the polling units affected.
Justice Mohammed further held that LP also failed to prove the allegations of overvoting against the All Progressives Congress (APC) and their actual reduced votes.
in Abuja dismissed the petition by the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and affirmed the reelection of Mr Buhari.
Hailing the development, Engr. Khailani said: “The judgment of the tribunal has again put a judicial seal on the mandate freely given to the president by the Nigerian people in the 2023 presidential election.”
He urged the president to take the affirmation of his election “as a reminder of the confidence of Nigerians in his capacity to continue to lead Nigeria towards its manifest destiny of greatness.”
He said the Nigerian people have great expectations from the Agenda of the president and further pledged the full cooperation of the with the Executive in the pursuit of the best interest of the Nigerian people.
Khailani also commended the petitioners for using the judicial window prescribed by the constitution in seeking redress for their grievances and urged them to join hands with the government and the Nigerian people in the task of nation-building.
AFrica NewsDay 
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