By Our Reporter
The Vice Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Datti Baba-Ahmed, has said the party would challenge the results of Saturday’s presidential election in court.
Baba-Ahmed alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) used irregularities and violated the Constitution to win the presidential election.
Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, in Abuja, the vice presidential candidate of the LP insisted Saturday’s election did not meet the requirements for a free and fair election.
He said: “It is our position that the purported result didn’t meet the minimum criteria of a transparent, free and fair election in addition to the most condemnable attacks, voters intimidation and suppression.
“Please be assured of our determination to fight the injustice that has been perpetuated on Nigerians through all legal and peaceful means. We imploy you all to please remain peaceful and calm as our fight and determination for a new Nigeria is just beginning. We equally encourage you all to continue with the campaigns and vote massively for Labour Party in the forthcoming governorship and states House of Assembly elections on 11 March. Our Principal, Mr Peter Obi, will in due course speak to you and indeed the nation.
“We also ask Nigerians to continue to exercise their civic duties in the upcoming elections. I have said that democracy belongs to the people who can practice it. The only language we know is peace. If Nigerians are going to achieve peace through peaceful protests, so be it”, Datti vowed
APC’s Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was declared the winner of the election by the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Yakubu Mahmood.
Tinubu polled 8.8 million votes to defeat his closest rivals – Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi of LP and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP).
Atiku polled 6,984,520; Obi garnered 6,101,533 votes while Kwankwaso polled 1,476,697.