Today's Headlines: Tribunal: Atiku denies congratulating Tinubu, says won’t validate mandate banditry, PEPT: Accept judgement, CAN urges Nigerians
Atiku denies congratulating Tinubu, says won’t validate mandate banditry
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The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 25, 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has issued a disclaimer of a statement purporting that he has congratulated President Bola Tinubu, over the outcome of the election petition tribunal in Abuja.
Reacting to a purported statement allegedly issued by Atiku, the Media Adviser to the former Vice President, Mr. Paul Ibe, said the statement is fake and part of an orchestrated plot by those desperately looking for validation for the usurpation of the mandate of Nigerians.
Ibe said that Atiku couldn’t have validated electoral banditry because doing so would have amounted to a rape on the conscience of Nigerians who have struggled for years to entrench electoral integrity.
He also explained that the PDP presidential candidate is not going into retirement and will instead continue to be part of the struggle to deepen democracy in the country.
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Accept judgement, CAN urges Nigerians
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Kaduna State chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Rev John Hayab, has called on Nigerians to allow the rule of law to take its course in the judgment of the presidential election petition tribunal in the overall peace and unity of Nigeria.
Speaking in an interview yesterday in Kaduna, Rev hayab said we should, as Nigerians, respect the judicial system for the interest of peace and harmonious coexistence of the country.
Rev Hayab urged politicians and all Nigerians to accept the judgment of the tribunal, even if the judgment did not go according to their expectations.
He said accepting the tribunal judgment and allowing the rule of law to take its course would consolidate the idea of the court as the hope of the common man.
Atiku, Obi asked to join Tinubu’s developmental agenda
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A pro-democracy group, Coalition of Good Governance and Change Initiative (CGGCI), has called on Presidential candidates of PDP, Atiku Abubakar and that of LP, Peter Obi, to drop their judicial challenges against President Bola Tinubu.
National Coordinator of the coalition, Okpokwu Ogenyi, made the call on Wednesday in Abuja while addressing newsmen during a solidarity walk to the Court of Appeal, venue of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT) sitting.
The Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the court had validated Tinubu’s victory at the Feb. 25 presidential election.
Ogenyi said the walk was to celebrate Tinubu’s mandate as freely given by Nigerians as the court affirmed his electoral victory. He thanked the justices of the tribunal for delivering sound judgment.
He added that it was not a mistake that we were Nigerians by providence, saying God Almighty had brought Tinubu to liberate the sufferings of Nigerians.
Al Qaeda Affiliate Claims Responsibility For Killing 53 Members Of Burkina Faso Security Forces
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Al Qaeda affiliate Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) group on Wednesday claimed responsibility for an attack that targeted forces in Yatenga, Burkina Faso, killing over 50 personnel, Reuters reports, citing the Site Intelligence Group.
Burkina Faso Army in a statement on Tuesday, announced that 53 members of its security forces were killed.
According to the statement by the general staff of the Burkina Faso Army, of the casualty figures, 17 were soldiers while the remaining 36 were civilian volunteers.
Reuters reports that the attack was the worst in months in the West African country that for years has been overrun by hardline militants.
Burkina Faso has been battling armed groups, some with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State, in its desert north since 2015.
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