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APC campaign council says they await Atiku in court

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Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has refuted claims on social media that it wrote a letter to some international bodies to prevail on Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, not to proceed to court to challenge the result of the 2019 Presidential Election.

The Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the APC maintains that it is anxious to meet the Atiku, at the elections’ tribunal.

The Spokesman of the PCC, Festus Keyamo (SAN), in a statement on Tuesday, said the council had no hand in the letter purportedly written by a certain ‘Buhari Campaign Organisation’.

The statement read, “Our attention has been drawn to some news item and posts on social media reporting that we wrote a letter to some international bodies to prevail on Alhaji Atiku Abubakar not to proceed to court to challenge the result of the 2019 Presidential Election.

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“Our investigation reveals that a letter to that effect was purportedly written by a certain ‘Buhari Campaign Organisation’. This is the second time we will be informing the public that the said ‘Buhari Campaign Organisation’ does not act at the behest of the APC Presidential Campaign Council nor does it represent the Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation in any way. As a result, whatever it has released does not represent the position of the APC Presidential Campaign Council or President Muhammadu Buhari.

“Our official position is that we believe that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has a constitutional right to seek redress in court and we do not seek in any way to curtail that right.”

The PCC said any attempt to restrict or discourage Atiku from going to court would be an invitation to anarchy.

The statement added, “In addition, we are very anxious to meet Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in court in order to show the world in a conclusive manner the free and fair nature of the comprehensive defeat of Atiku at the polls.

“An election is not termed ‘rigged’ only by the mere claim of it by the loser. That is what Atiku and the PDP want to ram down our throats. Unfortunately for them, international, continental and sub-regional observers (who can be seen as neutral by all standards) all declared the election to be free, fair and credible. No ego-massaging narrative can change that.

“We therefore totally disassociate ourselves from the letter purportedly written by one of, perhaps, many support groups of President Muhammadu Buhari. They may have a right to their opinion, but it does not represent our official position.”

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