Group Takes To Aso Rock In Protest Against February 25 Polls Rejection

• A Pro-Tinubu support group took to Aso Rock to air their voices regarding the opposition to the February 25 polls.

• The group is reportedly against the moves made by the opposition parties to bring into question the 25th February polls.

• The Bola Tinubu support group states they are not in line to be intimidated by the Obi group or the Atiku supporters.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that supporters of Bola Tinubu, the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and President-elect, have staged a protest at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

The protest was organized by a Tinubu support group called The Natives, and it was aimed at condemning the rejection of the February 25 presidential election results by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP).

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The protesters, led by Hon. Smart Edwards, the Supreme Leader of The Natives, called on Atiku and Obi to stop intimidating the court and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). According to Edwards, Tinubu supporters will not tolerate the intimidation by the supporters of Obi, known as Obidients, and Atiku’s supporters, known as Atikulators.

Addressing reporters, Edwards said, “The Obidients should understand that Asiwaju is a political juggernaut and election strategist. They were all part of the plan because the candidature of Peter Obi was an asset to the APC. The Obidients made Tinubu’s victory easy, they all made it possible.”

He further stated, “We also have a message for the PDP candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Your Excellency, it is your time to test the courts and not to intimidate the courts. It is your time to retreat and retire, or reset and re-contest again if your party is not tired of you.”

Edwards also commended INEC for a good job in the presidential and national assembly elections, stating that the electoral body should be allowed to do its work without harassment. He also praised President Muhammadu Buhari for allowing a free, fair and credible election that produced the President-elect, Bola Tinubu.

The protest also had a message for the Nigerian Judiciary. Edwards said, “Today we are putting the nation on notice that no one will be allowed to intimidate the Nigerian Judiciary any longer. These judges and the judiciary are the most crucial part of the hope that democracy holds.”

He further added, “We want to say categorically that Bola Ahmed Tinubu of APC won the election. The Lagos state he lost should have been a taboo, but the democrat in him publicly accepted the outcome without calling for anybody’s head.”

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Edwards urged INEC to conduct Saturday’s governorship election without molestation and called for a large turnout rather than the apathy witnessed during the presidential election.