Atiku Vows To Extend Protest, Demands Result Cancellation

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members on Monday visited the Independent National Electoral Commission headquarters in Abuja to protest the outcome of the February 25 presidential election, which the party’s standard bearer, Atiku Abubakar and his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, claimed to have won.

Recall that the electoral commission had declared the All Progressives Congress candidate, Bola Tinubu, the winner of the election after scoring a total of 8, 794, 726 votes, but the PDP and LP denounced the result and vowed to challenge it in court.

Leading the protest march which was attended by the National Chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu, Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, and his Taraba State counterpart, Darius Ishaku and other chieftains, Atiku again rejected the declaration of the former Lagos State governor, Tinubu, as the president-elect, vowing that the protest would continue indefinitely.

The march also had in attendance a former National Chairman of the PDP, Uche Secondus; Senator Dino Melaye, a former Imo State governor, Emeka Ihediaha, and former Adamawa State governor, Boni Haruna among party chieftains.

Atiku said, “All the provisions of the current electoral law have been completely contravened. We were protesting and then INEC was not listening and went on to announce the result. That is why we are protesting. We have the right to protest and it will continue for a very long time, either every day or any other day. We have the right to protest under the constitution, and it doesn’t stop us from going to the court.’’

The PDP in a protest letter warned INEC against messing up the coming governorship and state houses of assembly elections.