US Capitol Invasion: APC Tells Trump To Emulate Buhari

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the United States President, Donald Trump to emulate his Nigerian counterpart, President Muhammadu Buhari after losing an election.

In a statement issued by the Secretary of its Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee, John Akpanudoedehe, titled, ‘The integrity of a leader is as important as strong institutions’, the APC also condemned the US Capitol Hill riot by pro-Trump protesters and faulted Trump’s refusal to concede defeat in the US November 2020 presidential election.

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“It is settled that strong institutions are fundamental to the sustenance of democracies. However, this US election saga strongly underscores the fact that the integrity of the country’s leader essentially complements the workings of these institutions,” the statement partly read.

The APC also recalled that President Buhari had lost elections “a couple of times” but had challenged them legally up to the Supreme Court level, displaying an “outstanding credential of a true democrat”.

The statement also faulted the Peoples Democratic Party’s position, warning Buhari and APC to concede defeat if they lose in the 2023 general elections saying “the statements by the PDP are merely designed to gain political mileage and only reinforces the disinformation on all issues, which the PDP constantly and laboriously pursues at all times.”

Eko Hot Blog had reported that the PDP called on the APC to learn from the events of the United States election, asking the ruling party to allow the institutions of democracy to function optimally.