Tinubu Asks Atiku To Join APC After Supreme Court Verdict

The National Leader of the All Progressive Congress APC, Bola Tinubu, has called on the former vice president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar to the join the APC movement.

The National Leader made the call following the Supreme Court dismissal of the suit filed by Atiku challenging the verdict of Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal for upholding the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential election.

Tinubu disclosed this in a press statement signed on Wednesday on the Supreme Court’s verdict.

He noted that the APC would welcome Atiku’s collaboration with the party in moving the nation forward.

He said “The rule of law conclusively affirmed the collective voice of the people by dismissing the petition filed by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and their presidential candidate, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.

“The sun rose high in the Nigeria sky today to shine its light over the entire land.

“Atiku should now channel the energy and intellect deployed in the electoral and legal processes toward joining APC “to move this nation more rapidly and assuredly forward.

“On February 23, the people tendered the foremost expression of their sovereign, democratic will by voting for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari.

“This decision and this day will be recorded as important milestones on Nigeria’s inseparable march toward perfecting democracy and the rule of law across our land.

“Democracy has been affirmed and strengthened. By its ruling, the Supreme Court also affirmed that the rule of law is paramount; that the law is to be applied objectively, without regard to fear, friend or foe.

“The law is the law. Nothing is to be added to it and nothing subtracted from it. No one should enjoy undue favor or suffer unjust prejudice from its application.

“ In so doing, it undergirded its reputation as the highest court in the law and the ultimate guardian of the rule of law in our nation.”