), on Sunday, in Abuja, urged opposition parties to accept the verdict of the court even as the election tribunal hearing begins on Tuesday, May 30. “Irrespective of the outcome of the various cases, I urge all parties involved to accept the decision of our courts and join hands to build a better Nigeria,” Buhari said in his farewell message aired on the Nigerian Television Authority, early Sunday. But Atiku, Obi and some other parties rejected the results announced by INEC and had approached the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to annul Tinubu’s victory. Buhari saluted the “doggedness and resilience” of all the Presidential Candidates and their political parties for believing in our judicial system by taking their grievances with the election results to the court. He said “In the course of the campaigns, we had argued and disagreed on how to make Nigeria better but we never disagreed or had any doubts that Nigeria has to be better.

Source: Punch May 28, 2023 07:40 UTC