The presidential candidate
of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari and his challenger from
the People Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, have both been urged by
election observers of the Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’ah Wa Iqamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS)
to accept the outcome of the elections in good faith.
The coordinator of the
observers, Yusuf Yakubu Arrigasiyyu, made the plea on Monday, February 25, in
Kaduna when reading out the interim report on the elections to journalists,
Daily Trust reports.
Arrigasiyyu, who urged
other candidates to also accept the outcome of the elections in the interest of
peace and unity, said the presidential and National Assembly elections were
conducted peacefully in most states, including Abuja.
He however complained that
some states including in Abia, Delta, Rivers, Kogi, Anambra and Lagos states
recorded electoral violence.
“Our appeal on behalf of
our leader, Shaikh Bala Lau is to advise all the presidential candidates from
the major parties and others to accept the outcome of the result in good
faith," Arrigasiyyu said.
“Whoever loses should
extend the hand of friendship to the other in the interest of brotherhood and
peace. There is always another time for the candidate that loses in future.”
Meanwhile, the Coalition of
United Political Parties (CUPP) has rejected what it called the purported
victory of President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC)
in the general elections, claiming the results in parts of the country do not
reflect the true aspirations of Nigerians.
The group in a statement on
Monday evening, February 25, faulted the 2019 general elections as a complete
departure from the electoral gains made in 2015, The Punch reports.
Imo Ugochinyere, the
spokesman for the coalition, accused the INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, of
collaborating with the current administration to rob the Nigerian people of
their will while lying to the international community.
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