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Gowon advises Nigerians to accept Tribunal’s verdict on presidential election petitions

 


Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd), has advised Nigerians to accept the decisions of the court as final, when delivered. This was his assertion at a symposium in honour of a one-time Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Chike Idigbe on Thursday. Gowon also urged Nigerians to allow the courts do its work without interference, as the judiciary plays a pivotal role in the unity of the country.
Also in attendance at the event are the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Alfa Belgore; Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola; Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba; and some Senior Advocates of Nigeria.
Following the February 25 presidential election, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, had on March 1 declared All Progressives Congress’ Bola Tinubu the President-Elect on the grounds that his party scored the majority of votes cast in the polls. He had polled 8.8 million votes to defeat Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 6.9 million votes, Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) who polled 6.1 million votes and 15 others.
Meanwhile, Atiku and Obi are dissecting the election outcome, filing separate petitions to cancel the election or declare them the winners of the polls.

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