Former President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the Supreme Court’s verdict, which upheld President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s victory in the February 25, 2023 presidential election.
Truthlive news reported that the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal filed by the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and his Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, against the election of President Tinubu.
In a unanimous verdict delivered on Thursday, the court ruled that the appeals filed by Atiku and Obi lacked merit.
Responding to the ruling, Buhari in a statement issued by his media aide, Garba Shehu, said the declaration of the court was a welcome relief after 8-months of a tortuous and expensive legal journey.
The former president said the judgment was “a reaffirmation of the will of the majority of the people against the determined will of a hard-fighting minority.”
He urged the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, to allow the current government to govern without hindrance.
“Now that we have arrived at the last bus-stop, after a tortuous 8-months of expensive legal journey, the nation deserves a break. The opposition has fought a good fight. Having now exhausted their rights as constitutionally allowed, they should take the hand of fellowship extended by the Tinubu/Shettima government.
“Let them allow the Government to run their administration and the people to enjoy the full benefits of the promises the All Progressives Congress (APC) made,” Buhari said.